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Moves like this help me realize that politics is about getting reelected and making as much money as possible while in office.  I can’t see any way in reality, not fairy land, that this makes any financial sense.  Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have an unlimited credit line now.  Their line was raised to $200 billion shortly after Obama took office and now it was raised once again to infinity.

Tax payers do not pay an unlimited amount of taxes, and while it might seem so, China doesn’t have an unlimited amount of money to buy our debt.  All this is doing is helping a few executives and stock holders make their millions before the real estate markets crashes again, but harder.

I hope this solidifies the fact that the American public must hold their respective representatives accountable for how they vote.

Treasury uncaps credit line for Fannie, Freddie

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Obama administration pledged on Thursday to back beleaguered mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac no matter how big their losses may be in the next three years.

It also jettisoned a demand that the two companies cut the size of their mortgage-related investment portfolios next year, allowing them to provide even more support in the near term for a housing market recovering from its worst slump in decades.

The Treasury Department said it made the changes to assure financial markets it stood firmly behind both companies and to buy more time for the two government-sponsored enterprises to whittle down their mortgage-related holdings.

The two agencies each had a Treasury credit line of $200 billion. Combined, they have so far tapped about $111 billion.    –more

Fannie/Freddie Christmas Eve Bailout Draws Rave Reviews

The classy move on the part of the White House to give Fannie and Freddie an unlimited slush fund and dump the news on Christmas Eve is drawing rave reviews as finance bloggers get back to work.

Zero Hedge:

“So. Let us summarize:

We do not expect the GSE’s to grow their portfolios at all, so we are fixing the bloated portfolio problem by easing the portfolio caps to permit a quarter trillion dollar expansion thereof.

We do not expect either of the GSEs to need more help from the Treasury, so we are responding to the underutilized $400 billion “lifeline” the GSE’s have with the Treasury ($111 of which is currently used) by expanding it to… infinity.

Oh, and though they have collectively lost nearly $200 billion, we are paying the CEOs around $6 million each.

Great work team! It’s already almost 11:00. Let’s go to lunch.”

Chris Whalen:

“The issue for Democrats and members of the American Left raised by this article in The Nation is why does Barack Obama allow this situation to continue one day longer? The continuance of Dugan at OCC and Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner at Treasury illustrates how feeble the White House remains when it comes to financial services policy.

Or maybe the problem is one of conflict. Like Larry Summer’s derivatives toxic waste dump inside Harvard’s endowment fund?

And let’s not forget Rahm Emmanuel’s proud legacy as a director of Freddie Mac.

Maybe the Obama White House just can’t go there when it comes to financial anything.”    –more

Related Real Estate Bailout articles

• Fannie and Freddie bail outs continue (tech.bl0x.info)
• U.S. Treasury Ends Cap on Fannie, Freddie Lifeline for 3 Years (businessweek.com)
• What Is A Loan Equal To The GDP Of A Mid-Size Country Between Friends? (fdlaction.firedoglake.com)

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