Travis R. Martin, CPA

That backseat driver in your car? It’s Uncle Sam. And he’s there to watch your odometer.
At least that’s a possibility by the year 2020, according to a bipartisan Congressional commission researching potential ways to fund the upkeep of America’s roads. Among their ideas – installing an Orwellian tracking device in every vehicle and then assessing [...]

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 with [...]