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.
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- From union activists to Democratic members of Congress, the message to the White House is clear: They want President Obama to present a clearer, more coherent message about his plans to turn around the economy.
In interviews across Pennsylvania, rank-and-file Democrats said that message has been lacking. And selling a clear vision for economic recovery is the only way to improve Democrats' chances and prevent Republicans from taking control of the House of Representatives in the midterm elections.
This sense of urgency comes as the president unveils initiatives this week to help spur the economy and job growth.
"It just seems like there's a disconnect right now w ith how Obama is trying to move his agenda and how it really will help people," said Tony Helfer, president of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23 during the Pittsburgh Labor Day Parade on Monday.
"I wish we would get a clear message is what I would say. The accomplishments that have been made so far have been spun around to seem like they're negatives, and they're not. So that tells me the word is not getting out, it's not being clear."
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The slowdown comes as a surprise because the stimulus bill, which President Obama signed into law 18 months ago, included a big boost for renewable forms of electricity in the form of $43 billion for energy projects.
Last year, 10,000 megawatts of wind power were brought online in the United States â" that's enough to power nearly 300,000 homes. In 2010, the U.S. Energy Information Administration estimates, that number will be 57 percent lower. It will be the first time in six years that the growth rate of the wind industry will actually decline.
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