Slush fund is right. Whom do you think will end up with a large chunk of the money? And why are not the BP stockholders up in arms over the G taking their funds? Mr. Obama does not want the crisis to end until he bleeds every political advantage out of it. A federal judge has already ruled he did not have the authority to put a moratorium on offshore drilling. How long will he drag out the appeal? Until all the oil companies are bankrupt? Sorry, Jim, but this kind of despotism would have already started a war in the 1860s. I'm not advocting a war, but if we don't change out some political cowards in November we'll deserve what we get. Stan