The US now has the most socialist financial system in the world outside of North Korea and Cuba. The government takeover of government-sponsored mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac means that the state now owns 75% of the US housing finance market.
At the same time, the Federal Reserve is providing nearly $300 billion of cash to finance the takeover of investment house Bear Stearns (last March), to provide liquidity for banks, investment houses and brokers in return for all the toxic mortgage-backed securities they own.
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