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Anybody that's crazy enough to believe they could actually shut down the GSEs would be be forced to resign but that doesn't matter. It's a great example "wind down" amounting to squadoushe

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Research the history of the use of the phrase "wind down" in politics. Observe how past presidents and politicians have used it to describe the future of specific government programs, and the result that followed.

The phrase is used in politics to signify a gradual process by which something is ENDED.

Are there examples of times when the phrase was used in the political realm and didn't end in the CONCLUSION/in-existence of the thing that was to be wound down? I'm all ears.

Moreover, every dictionary cites the idiom as being used to describe the gradual process by which something comes to a close.