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Fannie Mae Plus Goldman Plus Tax Credits Plus U.S. Treasury Add Up to Big Mess

"The US Treasury does not want to look like it is favoring Goldman by approving the deal,"

LOL since when does the Treasury care about what it looks like? If this saves GS tax money it will get done. They didn't spend all that lobbying money for nothing.

Analyzing Larry Summers

So this is how the perpetrators of the biggest heist in the world re-write history...

Why I Bought Abbott Laboratories Despite Health Care Reform

"will settle on a solution that will preserve capitalism"

I guess saving the bankers with taxpayers' money is Ok. But providing health care to say children for example is socialism. I call your article for what it is hypocrisy.

Paulson Should Remain Treasurer Through the Elections

You are being sarcastic rigth?

Nationalizing Fannie and Freddie: Latest Move in the Housing Crisis

Here is the opportunity of a lifetime for a new Quantum fund to break the dollar and make a name for itself for future generations...

GSEs Into Conservatorship: Can Housing Stabilize Now?

prescient11 writes:
Government backed is risk-free.

Free of risk as long as the government has the ability to pay it back. Do you see taxes going up to pay them back? Or do you see the government printing the $$ to pay back the debt and if I were holding treasuries I would sell them like if they were toxic because THEY WILL NOT BE PAID BACK

Fannie and Freddie: 80% Dilution

Tim,

Why would as you say " I hope these actions are positive for the housing market and a result in a significant decrease in mortgage rates. This would be a positive for the economy as a whole." Be positive.

Since when is extending credit to overvalued real estate guarantied by tax payers a good idea? Are you a communist or something like that?

Freddie/Fannie Plans In Motion; Why Are They Being Underplayed?

Mr borenstein

You are the poster child of what wrong with this country. While pretending to be capitalist/free markets all you do is take advantage of the corruption inside the government to profit on the backs of taxpayers - Hurray lets celebrate taxpayers will make sure I make money : disgraceful

Financial Crisis: Getting Old

To compare the financial problems of all these banks with Yahoo is just none sense as far as I remember Yahoo didn't have any "wink" "wink" off the books liabilities. Save this article an re-post in a couple of years and it may be true

The SEC Panics

My guess is that we would not be in the mess we are if it had been possible to "short" houses in the first place. Funny thing about the SEC is that they only understand ever increasing prices. Like the rumors thing. People are acting on rumors because the rest of the "official" news are mostly lies so what's left but rumors? The SEC would do much better by going after the pumpers