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1 posted on 10/21/2010 12:00:20 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA
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say...anybody know where all that money is going?


2 posted on 10/21/2010 12:04:51 PM PDT by the invisib1e hand (defeat islam.)
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Fannie and Freddie need to be removed from the Federal budget.


3 posted on 10/21/2010 12:11:56 PM PDT by lurk
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2004(!) Congressional Hearings on Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac Were Opposed by Lib Dems To Protect the Cheats at Fannie and Freddie And Directly Led to the Housing Meltdown at the Core of our Economic Problems. The GOP tried to address this well before the crisis but the Lib Dems did not permit it.

This alone should get all of these Dems fired shortly.

4 posted on 10/21/2010 12:13:52 PM PDT by Servant of the Cross (I'm with Jim DeMint ... on the fringe baby!)
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No! What Fannie and Freddie needs is to be cut off. Let them fail. Let the Free Market do it's flipping job.

Only a complete and utter moron would continue to believe putting more money into this situation, will help it.


5 posted on 10/21/2010 12:15:38 PM PDT by Lucky9teen (The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.)
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Not until there is a FULL AUDIT.

And they get off the Gov. tit.


6 posted on 10/21/2010 12:19:36 PM PDT by Marty62 (marty60)
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Recall that on CHRISTMAS EVE 2009, Obama sneakily signed an executive order removing the liability cap congress put on the Fannie/Freddie bailout, potentially exposing taxpayers to unlimited losses. That cap had been set at $400,000,000,000. Yes, that was 400 BILLION. Looks like the fraud of Chris Dodd, Barney Frank, Maxine Waters, and Franklin Raines will cost US taxpayers much more than that.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401588.html

7 posted on 10/21/2010 12:22:05 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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Related posts

Fannie, Freddie bailout could double, regulator says

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2611756/posts

Regulator for Fannie Set to Get Litigious

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2611743/posts


8 posted on 10/21/2010 12:23:35 PM PDT by FromLori (FromLori)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2608592/posts

VIDEO OF ANDREW CUOMO STARTING THE HOUSING MELT DOWN!
Hot Air ^ | 10/12/2008 | HotAir

CUOMO: To take a greater risk on these mortgages, yes. To give families mortgages that they would not have given otherwise, yes. Q: [unintellible] … that they would not have given the loans at all? CUOMO: They would not have qualified but for this affirmative action on the part of the bank, yes. Q: Are minorities represented in that low and moderate income group? CUOMO: It is by income, and is it also by minorities? Yes. CUOMO: With the 2.1 billion, lending that amount in mortgages — which will be a higher risk, and I’m sure there will be a higher default rate on those mortgages than on the rest of the portfolio …


9 posted on 10/21/2010 12:24:35 PM PDT by maggief
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This is a very good article on the time bomb that is ticking in the US mortgage market.

http://www.realestatechannel.com/us-markets/residential-real-estate-1/real-estate-news-fha-mortgages-mortgage-backed-securities-mbs-federal-housing-administration-fha-department-of-veterans-affairs-va-congress-home-loans-keith-jurow-2969.php

11 posted on 10/21/2010 12:33:44 PM PDT by Gabrial (The Whitehouse Nightmare will continue as long as the Nightmare is in the Whitehouse)
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And to think that on top of this they mortgages they hold may be worthless for any number of reasons. The latest being that they may not hold the notes to many of them. The taxpayer is paying for an empty box.

Fannie And Freddie HAVE NO NOTES EITHER?

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=169840

FHFA: Foreclosuregate And Scams: It’s (Maybe) 1/2 Over

http://market-ticker.org/akcs-www?post=169867


14 posted on 10/21/2010 12:54:40 PM PDT by Revel
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Sure, why not.


17 posted on 10/21/2010 1:10:19 PM PDT by MichaelCorleone
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I only need 1 billion so pay me first.


18 posted on 10/21/2010 1:14:04 PM PDT by trustandobey (GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN!)
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And first thing they’ll do is give MILLIONS to liberal Democrat Politicians who support them.

Pay your taxes America - the ruling class needs the money. :)


21 posted on 10/21/2010 1:45:53 PM PDT by Tzimisce (No thanks. We have enough government already. - The Tick)
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Bwahney’s legacy.


22 posted on 10/21/2010 2:31:03 PM PDT by BAW ("We can absorb a terrorist attack." - Pres Barack Hussein Obama)
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If the Republicrats think they can continue to give in to the rat`s demands for more of OUR tax dollars to go into that monetary black-hole, while counting on the support of conservatives, they`re flipping mental cases. These two are main figures in the housing bubble collapse,it needs to be defunded and the Community Reinvestment Act along with it. If they don`t have the stones for this,how the hell can we trust them to repeal Obama Care?
24 posted on 10/21/2010 9:13:12 PM PDT by nomad
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will likely fall between $221 billion and $363 billion through 2013

Am I the only one that thinks the final figure will be even more than they're estimating?
26 posted on 10/22/2010 1:15:55 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Obama--Playing a West Wing fantasy in a '24' world.)
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From Wikipedia, found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Cuomo - Early life, education and career Andrew Cuomo was born in Queens, New York, the elder son of Mario Cuomo, the first Italian American to be elected Governor of New York and his Sephardic Jewish wife Matilda Raffa, daughter of Charlie Raffa (See Jewish Genealogy in Sicily at http://www.italian-family-history.com/jewish/_Sicilia.html). He is the older brother of ABC News journalist Chris Cuomo.

During the administration of former New York City Mayor David Dinkins, Cuomo served as Chairman of the New York City Homeless Commission, which was charged with developing policies to address the homeless issue in the city and to develop more housing options.

Cuomo, as HUD Secretary holding a press conference with then Treasury Secretary Larry SummersAndrew Cuomo was appointed to the Department of Housing and Urban Development as Assistant Secretary in 1993, as a member of President Bill Clinton’s administration. After the departure of Secretary Henry Cisneros at the end of Clinton’s first term under the cloud of an FBI investigation, Cuomo succeeded him as HUD Secretary in January 1997 after being unanimously confirmed by the Senate, serving until 2001 when Clinton’s administration ended. In 1998, Cuomo’s lauded work in the department garnered speculation that he could challenge Senator Al D’Amato but he ultimately declined, saying that he had more things to revamp in the Department. Instead, Congressman Charles Schumer won the Democratic nomination and ultimately defeated D’Amato. Cuomo was also mentioned as a candidate for U.S. Senator in 2000 but deferred to First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton.

During Cuomo’s tenure as HUD Secretary, he called for an increase in home ownership.[4] He also pushed government-sponsored lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to buy more home loans issued to poor homeowners, in an attempt to end discrimination against minorities.[5] Some believe that this helped lead to the current subprime mortgage crisis.[4][5][6] Edward J. Pinto, former chief credit officer at Fannie Mae, said “they should have known the risks were large. Cuomo was pushing mortgage bankers to make loans and basically saying you have to offer a loan to everybody.”[4] But others disagree with the assesment that Cuomo caused the crisis. Dean Baker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, said Cuomo “was a contributor in terms of him being a cheerleader, but I don’t think we can pin too much blame on him.”[4]

In other words, apparently this man Andrew Cuomo caused the entire financial crisis/great depression this country is facing now.


27 posted on 10/23/2010 6:12:32 AM PDT by TOM QUIN BBC (YOU'VE GOT TO BE KIDDING ME...)
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