How is it that the Fed can so easily throw money

Meltdown 101: How is it that the Fed can so easily throw money ...

There are 2 comments on the Baltimore Sun story from Nov 26, 2008, titled Meltdown 101: How is it that the Fed can so easily throw money .... In it, Baltimore Sun reports that:

Now, with no muss and no fuss, the Federal Reserve has announced an even bigger program totaling $800 billion.

Federal Reserve Bank and its enormous powers. Also,the difference between money and credit should be explained so the public can begin to understand that no one just prints green backs. Instead these huge offerings are in the form of credit that is underwritten by the nations future production (GDP). In essence the GDP is the government's piggy bank. The Federal Reserve Bank offerscredits to member banks at a certain rate of interest so there is a cash flow of interest payments through the Fed and presumably back into the US Treasury.