WSJ Editorial On Eliminating Fannie Mae Angers Longs

Over the weekend the Wall Street Journal put out an editorial extolling the CBO for “showing how easily the U.S. could transition to a free market that doesn’t threaten taxpayers” by eliminating Fannie Mae / Federal National Mortgage Assctn Fnni Me (OTCBB:FNMA) and Freddie Mac / Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp (OTCBB:FMCC) and getting out of the mortgage market entirely. The editorial was sure to anger Fannie Mae longs (it has), and shows how differently the two sides of this debate view the role of the GSEs.

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