Jim Hightower: The Troubling Ethics of Timothy Geithner

In describing a suspicious character who had visited his home, Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "The louder he talked of his honor, the faster we counted our spoons."

Average Americans today might need to be counting their spoons, because President Obama and the Congress have visited Timothy Geithner upon us. He's the new treasury secretary, our nation's top financial official, whose duties include handling the ongoing Wall Street debacle.

Not only has Geithner felt it necessary to talk insistently about his honor, but Obama and assorted members of Congress have also felt compelled to assure us that Tim really is an honest guy. It's a bit like hanging a sign on the Treasury building declaring, "Honest Tim's Used Bailouts."

[From Jim Hightower | The Troubling Ethics of Timothy Geithner]