Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Make It Hard To Be Green

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BrotherBart

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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/business/energy-environment/01solar.html?src=busln

"The Obama administration is devoting $150 million in stimulus money for programs that help homeowners install solar panels and other energy improvements, which they pay for over time on their property tax bills. "

"At the same time, the two government-chartered agencies that buy and resell most home mortgages are threatening to derail the effort by warning that they might not accept loans for homes that take advantage of the special financing."
 
Ironic coming from corporations whose last gasping existence is due to special financing at the taxpayers' expense.
 
BeGreen said:
Ironic coming from corporations whose last gasping existence is due to special financing at the taxpayers' expense.

Yeah, the same folks that actually got richer at the taxpayers expense based on a crisis they themselves created!
 
another reason we should have ditched these relics of FDR socialisim when Bush 43 wanted to.
 
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