Conveniently timed to follow up on Oregon's knuckle-headed debate over whether the state should tax bikes, the IRS announced today that anyone who buys a car this year will receive a tax break of up to $49,500! Because acres of free parking, thousands of miles of highway and a $15 billion bailout apparently weren't helping the nation's most honored industry enough!

If they're going to give tax breaks to SUV owners, they should at least install a national fat tax so there's no revenue loss...