Fannie and Freddie: The Cursed Spawn of FDR

?[I]t turns out that there is no magic way to put every American citizen, regardless of financial means or credit history, in a 3,000 square foot home. Someone, somewhere, sometime has to pay. No matter what rescue plan they are able to cobble together, that someone is you.? Lew Rockwell on state-capitalist financing schemes for housing.