Fannie May and Freddie Mac GOV BAILOUT..

Fannie May and Freddie Mac GOV BAILOUT..

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More good news here for the month. Fannie May and Freddie Mac are in deep trouble and the FED is front and center once again. BAIL OUT time and that means you and I, the tax payers...
Gee, I wonder who will BAIL out the GOV as they Bail out the banking system?

90% of the mortgage brokers have imploded, Bear Stearns collapsed, the top ten banks have shut down their wholesale lending, Lehman is on the brink, Indy Mac imploded this week, Freddie and Fannie are going down, FBI and SEC are are a national rampage, Class action lawsuits are rampant against the investment firms.....

The next 90 will be interesting to say the least! I wonder who the "last man standing" will be?

BBC World News:

In part...
Shares in US mortgage firms Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae dropped by as much as 50% in rollercoaster trading on Friday amid concerns for their future. Investors are concerned that the government may have to step in to rescue the two firms. The companies are behind half of all US mortgages and have been hard hit by the slowdown in the US housingmarket.

President Bush reflects on tough times for the US economy
"Our primary focus is supporting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in their current form as they carry out their important mission," he said.
Bush was briefed on Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac earlier on Friday.
Mr Bush said Mr Paulson assured him that he and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke "will be working this issue very hard".

US Senator Christopher Dodd said the Federal Reserve was considering allowing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to borrow directly from the central bank, which also helped the shares to recover. While no longer government owned, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are government chartered, leading many to suggest that the Bush administration will be forced to step in. Mr Paulson responded to media reports that the Treasury was planning some kind of government-led rescue.He said the Treasury was "maintaining a dialogue with regulators and with the companies".He stressed that their regulator continued to work with them "as they take the steps necessary to allow them to continue to perform their important public mission".

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7502184.stm

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  • Specialist · Riverside, CA · Member since 2008 · 382 posts · 72 votes
    18y

    I think 1% of the entire US has any idea what all this means. Not to sound over stimulated but this is seriously freaking me out. Can you imagine what type of reright we are going to have to do to the banking and monitary system. Capitalism works when government can enforce property rights and the laws that govern capital. No garantee...holy crap.

  • Real Estate Investor · OH · Member since 2008 · 4k+ posts · 1k+ votes
    18y

    Of course, these financial bailouts are just the tip of the Iceberg. The government will also be bailing out (or seizing) the airlines; the auto industry; the trucking industry, etc. These industries (and many more) are "too big to fail". And by the way, the socialists in our government (can you say Maxine Waters) want to take over the successful businesses also - like big oil and pharma.

    We could be witnessing the birth of a new socialist superpower - the USA (United Socialists of America)!

    Mike

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