Perpetual Bailouts for the Fiscal Black Holes of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac?

Here’s a recent interview with Neil Cavuto about bailouts for Fannie Mae, one of the government-created entities used by Barney Frank, et al, to subsidize housing (and line the pockets of well-connected political insiders). My main concern is not the bailouts, which surely are odious, but whether we can at least limit future damage by [...]

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If Truth-in-Labeling Is Important, the Housing Crisis Should Be Stamped: “Made in Washington”

Welcome Instapundit readers. Here’s a related link if you want to get even more depressed about politicians digging the debt hole deeper. =========================================================== If you want to understand how government intervention screws up markets and damages an economy, there are two new publications worth reading. First, pick up a copy of Reckless Endangerment, a new [...]

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