The Glade 4.0

I still find it very difficult to believe that Geithner is completely out of the loop on this issue, that he couldn't do anything about it if he wanted to. Obama cannot appropriate Treasury department funding for a pet project without the consent of either Congress or the Treasury secretary. If he can do that, then he can take money from anywhere and spend it on anything, and Congress itself has become largely superfluous as everything comes down to money.