There’s no justifying $6 million aid for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

Many of us have spent our professional careers as public-spirited government employees doing battle with the private-sector elite, who often were committed to lining the pockets of their clients as well as their own. We repeatedly demonstrated that we had the skills to achieve the desired results at far less cost to the government than our adversaries incurred. Money is not the sole magnet for attracting skill and competence.