[quote=patb]what allows a government corporation to lobby?
The USDA is not allowed to make donations what makes it legal for
GoCo’s and Banks to use federal dollars to lobby?[/quote]
Ding! That’s why Fannie and Freddie are so well supported and popular on the Hill. They are 99% govt agencies, but masquerade as private companies just enough to allow a nice flow money to the Hill. A couple of million flows to the good folks on the Hill, and a trillion or two flows back to Fannie and Freddie, which shave off a few hundred million for their politically connected bosses, and pass the rest of the wall of money along to home buyers in poorly underwritten loans designed to boost home prices.
