This Could Never happen here! Could it?

Cyprus deal shock sends shares tumbling, gold up - Yahoo! Finance

When the going gets tough, Governments get going. They do whatever it takes to feed themselves. Including closing banks, taking the citizens money in banks or anything else that becomes necessary. Cypriots can't get to their own money for the time being, and when the Government lets them, it will be less due to the illegal confiscation.

That could never happen here! Or could it?