1.0 link 124754 <![CDATA[An Argument for Giving Every American Their Own Shares in Fannie and Freddie]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/adam-hanft/an-argument-for-giving-ev_b_124754.html You were never seduced by the promise of one of those mortgages that let you borrow up to 100 percent of the income you planned to be making in five years.

It doesn't matter. With the bailout of Fannie and Freddie you and every taxpayer are proud owners of your very own piece of the subprime mortgage catastrophe.

Why? Simply put, because the government is using your money to invest in these two teetering behemoths that together hold, as the media never...

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