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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 1082210, member: 3011&quot;]A couple of thoughts...</p><p><br /></p><p>First, when you factor in the $160billion loss [according to Bloomberg] on the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bankruptcies, and the losses still to come on the loan portfolios after the 2011 mortgage rate resets, the program looks less rosy.&nbsp; There are still [I forget how many] trillions of loan guarantees still out there that may or may not turn into real losses.</p><p><br /></p><p>Second, it is disturbing to see the government in the business of making money from investments.&nbsp; Now that this horse is out of the barn the future is wide open to all sorts of games such as the British government played in the 1970s - with disasterous financial results.</p><p><br /></p><p>So it is a little early to declare victory and go home.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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