Saban and Arkin held that Bezeq stake for five years before selling in 2010, and Arkin made a small return on selling his 3% share of the company.

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Wallison acknowledged that taxpayers might actually reap a higher return by selling Fannie and Freddie to the private sector as going concerns.

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The government could then monetize these high return investments by selling them to the private sector.

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