Subject: is this confidence inspiring?
Fannie and Freddie are supposed to go public soon. If the thrust of this article is true, that the programs are being used to advance a partisan, political, agenda, rather than lubricate the mortgage industry, who would want a piece of it?

Pulte and other Trump loyalists at mortgage regulator clash with Fannie and Freddie staffers

“This reliance on a buddy system – in which people are getting into positions because of ‌their political or personal connections – is unprecedented at these organizations,” said Richard Painter, a Bush administration ethics attorney who co-authored a book about ethical lapses in the banking industry and the 2008 crisis. “It’s a potentially explosive and dangerous situation that could be damaging not only to the mortgage industry but to our economy as a whole.”

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Steve