Wednesday, February 08, 2012

 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Another $200 billion bailout heading for these gov't agencies
Advertisement
Monday, July 27, 2009
Text Size: increase text size decrease text size

From Newsmax:

It's shaping up as the biggest government bailout in history.

Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the government-sponsored mortgage finance firms, have already received a total of more than $85 billion as part of the Federal bailout program.

Fannie got $34.2 billion in taxpayer money; Freddie got $51.7 billion.

But it seems that's not enough, by half. Estimates now forecast the two giants will need about $200 billion total before they can stand on their own two financial feet again.

Read full article...

More bailout boondoggle:

Bank of America just stole $8 billion from investors

Backdoor deal allows GE to gorge itself at government trough

Today's entertainment: Geithner tells Washington Treasury doesn't need any more bailout cash

Topics: Mortgages | Bailout | Boondoggle
Facebook RSS Feed

 
©2012 Stansberry & Associates Investment Research. All Rights Reserved. Protected by copyright laws of the United States and international treaties. This website may only be used pursuant to the subscription agreement and any reproduction, copying, or redistribution (electronic or otherwise, including on the world wide web), in whole or in part, is strictly prohibited without the express written permission of Stansberry & Associates Investment Research, LLC. 1217 Saint Paul Street, Baltimore MD 21202.