Once a country is in trouble, it seems fair that private creditors should share the pain.
But Germany and the European Central Bank disagree over whether and how private creditors should share the pain.
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She acknowledged everyone "has to share the pain" but added that public sector workers did not want to "carry the can".
Enda Kenny, the new prime minister, has recoiled from acting on his election promise to make the bankers share the pain.
The Social Democrats might agree if bankers and investors share the pain.
The truth is that the plan gives new meaning to the term collateral damage, because shareholders of all incomes will share the pain.
The opposition are adamant that, if taxpayers' money is used to prop up a bank and to continue loans to legitimate borrowers, then investors must be made to share the pain.
And while most acknowledge that everyone should share the pain of our times, there are now examples emerging that reveal that the plan goes well beyond a fair sharing of that pain.
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Across Europe and in America, changes in banking law are being put in place which will make it easier to force bank creditors to share the pain of a failure next time.
It has resisted immediately imposing losses on bondholders, yet insists they must share the pain from 2013 and has started to discuss lengthening debt maturities despite fierce resistance from the European Central Bank.
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Those who want it to stay see it as a symbol of fairness - evidence that the wealthy are taking their share of the pain.
Without the latter, entitlement programmes will have to be eviscerated, even if, as now looks possible, the defence budget takes a share of the pain.
By then, GM might well be flanked by supportive business secretaries from other European nations, leaving Germany with no choice but to accept a greater share of the pain while still being presented with a substantial share of the bill.
Knowing this may influence the decision about whether the EU and IMF should require Greek bond holders to share in the pain with some form of debt restructuring, re-profiling or default.
But a report for the FPI by the Institute of Fiscal Studies has suggested that families with children have borne a disproportionate share of the pain from measures aimed at cutting the deficit.
F. have created a dangerous precedent by making depositors share in the pain of the bailout.
But they do expect that you share in the pain and they do expect that if taxpayers are having to pony up the bill, then these folks are going to show some restraint.
But even if the government is not yet convinced that pensioners should share more of the pain, in the end they may have no choice.
Other boards have opted recently to share some of the pain experienced by workers, including those at Lufthansa and Deutsche Telekom.
Rather than ignoring the affair, be willing to share your pain, listen to each other and provide comfort when one partner is remembering the betrayal -- all can help lessen the pain while re-creating the original bond that joined the two of you together.
He met with first responders and with others in that community, and then he spoke to that community, and tried to convey the grief and the pain that the American people are feeling and share with those who are suffering so deeply in Connecticut.
We know we share this pain with all of the people of our country.
Holiday says the reason they would share photos in the first place is because they are experiencing pain.
Every creative business has its share of pain-in-the-arse housekeeping and administration.
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But Share Shot is a pain, because invitations to join the sharing group are sent to other users one at a time.
It is possible they are now putting their foot down, fearful that if Dubai does not take its share of pain, it will be back for more money in the next downturn.
With modest share price gains and dividend yields all above 4% at the moment, investors are not exactly sharing the pain.
Indeed for many of them, an inability to share their story in the years after their time in a Magdalen Laundry has only added to the confusion and pain they feel about that period in their lives.
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