In another move aimed at stabilizing the still-shaky economy, President Barack Obama on Wednesday will introduce a new $200 billion tax cut giving businesses across the country an incentive to buy new equipment in the short term, according to a senior administration official.
The tax cut would allow businesses to write off 100 percent of new investments in plants and equipment made between now and the end of 2011, according to the senior administration official.
The new tax cut will be in addition to a $100 billion permanent extension of the business tax credit for research and development, as well as $50 billion in new infrastructure spending included in a package that the president will officially unveil Wednesday during an economic speech in Cleveland, Ohio.
The $100 billion tax credit proposal was reported by CNN on Sunday while Obama himself disclosed the infrastructure spending Monday in a fiery speech at a Labor Day event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in which he tried to draw a sharp contrast with Republican economic plans.
“I don’t want to give them the keys back,” Obama said. “They don’t know how to drive … They’re going to pop it into reverse and have special interests riding shotgun and we’d be right back in the ditch.”
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“..pop it into reverse…” Sounds like Obama is describing his own policies, as he takes a page out of the Republican playbook to save his skin.
It’s not a “cut” as much as targeted temporary credits. It does keep the government micromanaging the private sector – which is a Democratic goal. It merely subsizes specific types of conduct that has political approval, rather than encouraging meaningful investments. For stimulating the economy, a permanent tax cut (and eliminating government micromanaging) would be more effective.
ANOTHER???? We don’t recall the first. Making govt / union jobs doesn’t count.