Freddie Mac seeks $1.5 billion from taxpayers

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TA wrote on 2011-08-09 17:27

Oh jesus christ...

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/08/us-financial-freddiemac-idUSTRE77760V20110808
Cynic wrote on 2011-08-09 17:31

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Lan wrote on 2011-08-09 18:05

Quote from Cynic;545673:
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Fly me to the moon.
Yoorah wrote on 2011-08-09 19:18

Funny how this happens after S&P downgraded their credit rating. But they only downgraded it to AA+ from the top AAA rating. They probably should have been downgraded more. :|
Sayoko wrote on 2011-08-09 19:38

So can I demand money from taxpayers if I made a bad investment/poor decisons as well?

And doesn't taking money from the people discourage spending even more?