Some deadbeats won't get tax stimulus checks

Via the always-interesting Five Cent Nickel: over a billion dollars in stimulus checks have been diverted to pay outstanding obligations like overdue child support, back taxes, and unpaid student loans.

Good for the Feds!

Other items of note:

IRS raises mileage deduction for last half of 2008. (Found via Consumerism Commentary.) I won't be doing much driving for 18IA: Building Iowa's Railroads yet, but if I do, wow.