Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[Guido2]

One possible scenario:

If government were allowed to exercise the warrants, it could acquire roughly 7.26 billion shares of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac for a total cost of roughly $72,600. That's SEVENTY TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED DOLLARS.

NOT BILLIONS!
NOT MILLIONS!
thousands.

If Ackman or Paulson makes a deal with the government to acquire it's stake for $10 billion, they can proclaim themselves heroes for their generosity (yuk).