Against bailing out Fannie and Freddie

New American, The, August 18, 2008 by John F. McManus

"Congress ought to recognize that these firms are insolvent, that it is allowing these firms to continue to exist as bastions of privilege, financed by the taxpayers."

Former St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank president William Poole is a sharp critic of the government-sponsored mortgage guarantors.

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