2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Factual talking points on the economy (UPDATED) [View all]progree
(10,901 posts)[font color=blue] #42. Yes, Romney also invested in Fannie/Freddie.
http://articles.cnn.com/2012-01-27/politics/politics_truth-squad-investments_1_fannie-mae-mutual-funds-investments?_s=PMOLITICS
#52. But yea, it's hypocrisy for Romney to go after Gingrich on that and to stand with a party that's tried very hard to say the entire economic collapse is because of fannie/freddy.[/font]
OK, now I get it. Thank you. (Though anyone who invests in mutual funds or ETFs knows that there are always some stocks in companies in them that are not 100% politically correct. I'm sure I own some tobacco companies as a result of having some Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund for example).
[font color=blue]And I keep wondering why you keep talking about "your readers" as if this isn't a discussion forum. I think OUR fellow posters understand what I'm saying.[/font]
OK. Like I said, though I'm a news junkie, I missed/forgot the Fannie/Freddie thing in the debates. I'm glad that I have my fellow DUers as a resource to explain things to those of us who are slower, more forgetful (that happens as we age), and or busy working and raising families to follow every primary debate.