What concerns me is how much disguised tax money will be used to now back up higher FHA limits for conforming loans. Just think how much money would be lost if all of these loans were conforming. It wouldn't me MBS investors holding the bag, it would be the taxpayers.

SDR, I am a little confused about your using "tax money/taxpayer". Whether FHA or GSE Conforming, I don't see a (large) taxpayer impact. This whole circus is all about redistribution of risk and post facto redistribution of wealth (from lenders to borrowers). One can have justifiable abhorrence at that, but why involve taxpayers in the discussion?