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Cyprus Banking, Confidence, and Trust

Banking is a subject I know little about.  Trust is a subject I've studied.  Confidence is a subject I do know.  What we have on the table is an issue involving confidence and trust in the Banks of Cyprus. Of late the banks in Cyprus have been closed due to the serious financial conditions in this island country. Cyprus is broke, far extended in credit, and well beyond ability for repayment without serious public pain.  At first there was to be a sur-tax on all bank accounts, then on all accounts greater than a specified amount. And so on as this has evolved.  Currently, people cannot really access their money at all. Sure, we see street demonstrations by the citizens objecting to about everything.  But later, when they return home, they must plan for their possible futures.  What will they plan?  Who will they trust?  In what is their confidence? The bank?  The government?  The EZ?   All of these? What this implies is that, in the blink of an eye, the confidence or trust in