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Sixteen months after they were seized to prevent their collapse, the companies remain wards of the state, running a tab that has now exceeded $125 billion in what has become the single costliest component of the federal bailout for the financial system...
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Moreover, the companies are helping the administration pursue policies designed to make new homes more affordable,
Isn't trying to sell homes to people who couldn't afford them a big part of how we got into this mess in the first place?
Fannie, Freddie?s $125 billion tab still growing - Washington Post- msnbc.com