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> now the likes of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are GSE’s.

Uh.. they've been GSEs since their founding. (12 U.S. Code § 1717)

"Yeah but in 2008 the government bought shares in th.." Doesn't matter. Still GSEs before that. "But they were privatiz.." Doesn't matter. Still GSEs after that.

Every time someone says "both sides are the same" a billionaire flooding media with 'both sides' messaging in order to distract from what is going on's taint twitches.



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