Tim Geithner's Many Hats

We all have read how thinly-staffed tax cheat Tim Geithner's Treasury Department remains.

Between the administration's belated attention to not hiring tax scofflaws, and experienced candidates' wariness of rules governing their subsequent employment, Geithner is evidently having trouble recruiting any competent talent to help him with Wonderboy's growing list of 'banks,' bailouts and other dodgy financial schemes.

A Washington-based friend told me that, as a result, Geithner has been forced to wear many hats.

Allegedly, one day earlier this week, as my friend paid a visit to the Treasury building, Geithner was at the reception desk, printing his visitor's pass. Later, when the friend and his colleague headed to the Treasury commissary, Geithner was manning one of the cash registers.

Word has it that, during their union-mandated coffee breaks, the mint's printers are spelled by the Treasury Secretary himself. He's been reported to have complained, under his breath,

'When I took this job, I was told it would eventually lead to me 'almost printing money.' I didn't realize he meant it literally, and this soon.'

Without a complete staff to assist him, Geithner puts in long hours in the Treasury building. Thus, it's also been rumored that he's been seen signing visitors and employees out late at night, while manually signing large sheets of dollar bills.

Of course, the good news is, with Tim busy doing so many valuable jobs at Treasury, he'll have less time to meddle in truly value-destroying work like providing details for more intrusion into the commercial bank sector, paying off delinquent mortgages with taxpayer money, or 'stress testing' the nation's banks.