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14 Jul 2008 02:17

Half measures

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The government has come up with various stopgap measures to keep the GSEs in business. Fine. But they are left like someone awaiting a heart transplant, kept alive by technology. Eventually the decision has to be made to give the patient what it needs - or to pull the plug.

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