Thus, why I don't believe a damn thing that comes outta der mouths...
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Washington lawmakers, who began 2011 with sweeping plans to shrink the U.S. government's role in mortgage finance, are heading into 2012 after enacting policies that expand it.
An 11th-hour payroll tax cut extension signed into law last week would for the first time divert funds directly from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, the two mortgage-finance companies under U.S. conservatorship, to pay for general government expenses.
That move came after two others that also are expected to
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Realist - Everybody in America is soft, and hates conflict. The cure for this, both in politics and social life, is the same -- hardihood. Give them raw truth.