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Why Fannie and Freddie Continue to Cost Taxpayers Billions

delete, The Huffington Post Investigative Fund. March 24, 2010.

Together the two firms have already tapped $125 billion from government lifelines and the Congressional Budget Office predicts they ultimately will drain $380 billion.

State Capitalism Comes to America

Nicholas von Hoffman, The Nation. September 11, 2008.

With no debate or commitment to principle, an enormous segment of the US economy has been turned over to the government.

After the Housing Bill: Time to Address Foreclosures

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. July 29, 2008.

The housing bill will likely help less than five percent of the families facing foreclosure over the next two years.