Travis R. Martin, CPA, MBA

The Summer of 2009 is shaping up to be a bizzaro version of 2007, especially when it comes to the US auto industry.

With “fight,” “war,” “battle,” “struggle,” “throw-down,” and “confrontation” all officially out as possible ways to describe America’s anti-drug efforts, the country may find itself unable to simply name the problem, much less solve it.

So, now, the Government not only has a drug problem, it also has a marketing problem.

If you see me in the near future, and I appear to be stressed, please excuse me. I just received word from the President that I am one of the most important people in America. In fact, our President says the future of the entire country rests, at least in part, in my hands. I [...]

Although it hasn’t yet been released in its entirety, President Obama’s 2010 proposed budget – which checks in at the tidy sum of $3,000,000,000,000 (zeros included for dramatic effect) – has already come under fire.  Among the most vocal detractors are Republicans and other pesky “rich” people who now face the unpleasant prospect of parting [...]