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gotten $150 billion, in taxpayer bailouts. now, to avoid bailouts in the future, the company needs to raise fees and charges and joe murin, the former head of the government national mortgage association, says, taken all together they could raise the rates on traditional 30-year fixed rate mortgages by 1.5 to 2 percentage points, and, if that happens, today, rates would go from about 5%, to 6 or 7%. martha? martha: what is the impact on the housing markets and, for, you know, people, home ownership and the biggest investment, in most of our portfolios. reporter: that s right and that is one thing policymakers have to weigh carefully here is the impact on the housing market and the economy, it is a big part of the economy, home ownership is part of american dream. so, that is a big factor as well. but, you can count on all of the big lobbyists down here for the realtors, for the homebuilders and for the banks. to try and fight this. martha: all right, maybe we ll get to better equilib