Obama to call for business tax credit

[Cali_Democrat]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/05/AR2010090503752.html

Obama to call for business tax credit

By Anne E. Kornblut and Lori Montgomery
Monday, September 6, 2010

Under mounting pressure to intensify his focus on the economy ahead of the midterm elections, President Obama will call for a $100 billion business tax credit this week, using a speech in Cleveland on Wednesday to launch what administration officials said was a new policy push.

The business proposal - what one aide called a key part of a limited economic package -- would increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, rewarding companies that develop new technologies domestically and preserve American jobs.

It would be paid for by closing other corporate tax loopholes, said the official, speaking on condition of anonymity because the policy has not yet been unveiled.

This is not the first time Obama has called for making the credit permanent. But with the economic recovery moving more slowly than the administration had hoped - and Democratic candidates nationwide panicking as the issue threatens their majorities in the House and Senate on Nov. 2 - he is increasingly eager to show he understands the depth of the problem and is trying to act.

[bigdarryl]

1. He's wasting his time

[Syrinx]

2. please elaborate a bit