Instead, they offer piece meal «nickel and dime» strategies including cutting small business taxes (not helpful)-RRB-, providing renovation tax credits in the future (definitely not helpful),
extending accelerated depreciation on business investment (hasn't helped so far), and new incentives for research and innovation (very expensive incentives already exist).
' cents Investment credits: The stimulus will
extend generous bonus
depreciation terms included in the 2008 stimulus through 2010, and
extends accelerated alternative minimum tax or research credits instead of taking bonus
depreciation.