IN matters of government, it seems that money can act like a lubricant: in hastening the achievement of one's desired policy outcome. For instance, a few days after billions of rupiah flowed into the national legislature in Senayan, members of the Finance & Banking Commission at the House of Representatives (DPR) decided that Bank Indonesia Liquidity Assistance (BLBI) funds were the responsibility of the government and not Bank Indonesia (BI). BI