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Why 150 People Wore Swimsuits and Snorkels in the Streets of Boston Today

January 30, 2012 By massuniting Leave a Comment

Sure, it has been an unusually warm winter for us in New England, but that's not why more than 150 activists took to the streets with snorkels and swimsuits today in the financial district. Sporting goggles, flippers and life preservers, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bank-of-america, banks, City-Life, fannie-mae, foreclosure, freddie-mac, MassUniting, protest

Government role in home ownership

August 17, 2010 By seascraper 1 Comment

Forced to listen to Diane Rehm show today on home ownership, Fannie, Freddie etc. The show was very boring but I thought some points could be related to our ongoing discussions about the middle class etc. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: diane-rehm, fannie-mae, federal-reserve, freddie-mac, home-ownership

Barney Frank helped Fannie and Freddie fail

September 17, 2008 By bostonshepherd 14 Comments

An editorial piece in today's Wall Street Journal levels some blame for the Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac mess at Barney Frank for his resistance against meaningful reform. Despite progressives' belief that anything the WSJ writes if false, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: barney-frank, fannie-mae, freddie-mac, meltdown

Freddie and Fannie were NOT bailed out – they were nationalized – isn’t that socialist?

September 8, 2008 By AmberPaw 28 Comments

Reuters:  http://www.reuters.com/article... [no dividends] Housing Note:  http://www.housingwire.com/200... This is no longer the worst housing crisis since the Great Depression, this is the worst housing crisis, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: bank-collapse, banks, bush, depression, fannie-mae, freddie-mac, seizing-corporations, socialism, socialist

Republican Lack of Energy Policy $4 Gas, Lack of Economic Policy Diasterous…..

September 6, 2008 By woburndem 10 Comments

This could add Billions even a trillion dollars to the deficit and what does it say about the full faith and credit of the United States? It just about confirms it is bankrupt. The sad part is there is no court to seek protection from our … [Read more...]

Filed Under: User Tagged With: biden, democrat, economy, fannie-mae, freddie-mac, mccain, obama, palin, random, republican

Fannie and Freddie

July 14, 2008 By tedf 80 Comments

The winners, it seems to me, are: (1) The bondholders, including the foreign governments and investors who own $1.4 trillion in U.S. mortgage debt. I feel like a sucker for investing in treasury bonds rather than Fannie and Freddie bonds. I … [Read more...]

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