Rothschild would choke on his golden nuggets!

not bad but at the end of the day who would suffer - certainly not the fat cats - most likely the average joe and joanne trying to pay the mortgage and keep their family from poverty... believe me being made redundant and even worse off is not what the average person wants ...

I think this one needs to wait untill most, or a very large minority, of the population is of revolutionary mindset. Otherwise it will just annoy a lot of people, and more effort will go into rebuilding the banking system as best they can afterwoods, rather than a new, better, system.

The rich are perhaps also less reliant on cash than the poor, so might be hit less hard.

"Let's take out all our cash
I hear that's not a good idea
Switch of the box, and watch the system crash.

But then again, it might not crash at all
Not if we, think positivly
If we don't pull the wiring from the wall
Completly, off the wall"

Seize the Day

The trouble with this idea is that most of the money is in the banks of rich people and they probably won't join in.

20% of people hold 80% of the wealth, that means that the rest of us, 80%, survive on 20% of the wealth. You can be sure that the wealthiest 20% would keep their money where it is, so it wouldn't effect much.

Think about it, I reckon I could pull out about £400 at the beginning of a good month, later in the month all I could do is increase my overdraft, which would be more interest for them

Crap idea

There are several problems with the idea of cash withdrawl day. The most obvious is that when the banks realize that they are running out of money they will simpily place an embargo on the further withdrawls, thus ending withdrawl day.

Also, since this idea would have to be well publicized, the banks would be prepared (increase their money reserves or be open for limited business only) you can't catch the banks by surprise with a national campagin. Even, if by some miracle you could surprise the banks, since market transactions are done by credit, not actual money, the markets of the world would contine to operaite as they normally do, the credit ratings would not disappear as the money does.

Finally, what happens after national withdrawl day, most likely national deposit day. The banks would simpily regather and go back to normal, the system will not crash.

Rather than making a nation-wide day of it, why not make guerrilla withdrawals, striking at certain banks and withdrawing cash in large amounts thereby putting banks out of action for a day.