Replies to post #694757 on Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

[Robert from yahoo bd]

Thanks for your insight. Being deprived of the economic beneficial use of our private property for so long seems to at a minimum require some compensation to shareholders via the Takings Clause, especially in light of case law like Cedar Point.

I think it's pretty clear that the government doesn't want to be found to have nationalized the gses as that would require them to own the gses and a requisite $7T+ added to the federal government balance sheet. This is what the government was trying to prevent 50 teas ago when they set them up as private corporations.