The U.S. Government Is [Still] Quietly Paying Billions to Wall Street Banks

``It is well known at this point that AIG had to be bailed out because it owed over $90 billion on its derivative and security loan contracts to Wall Street and foreign banks. Now, it's looking like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were also Wall Street's derivatives patsies -- or "dumb tourists" as author Michael Lewis might say.''