Would this do more to stimulate the economy?

http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN2853502020090128

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* Cut the lowest two income tax rates for 2009 and 2010, from 15 percent to 10 percent and from 10 percent to 5 percent.

* Extend through 2010 a patch to the Alternative Minimum Tax, which was originally designed to ensure that wealthy people pay taxes, but instead would hit millions of middle-income families with higher taxes.

* Expand the ,500 first-time homebuyers tax credit for a principal residence to all homebuyers while limiting it to purchasers who can make a down payment of at least 5 percent of the purchase price.

* Provide a tax deduction for small businesses with less than 500 employees equal to 20 percent of their income.

* Offer new tax deduction for those who do not receive tax-preferred, employer-sponsored health care coverage. And provide assistance to the unemployed who do not qualify for a COBRA premium subsidy.

* Give tax exemption on unemployment benefits and extend temporary federal unemployment benefits through 2009, phasing it out through mid-2010.

* Allow companies to write off current losses against previous tax years for up to five years. Companies now can only "carry back" losses for two years. The tax break would not be available to banks and other companies receiving help from the 0 billion bailout package.

* Extend through 2009 a break for small businesses that allows them to immediately write off up certain capital expenditures. (Reporting by Jeremy Pelofsky, editing by David Wiessler)

Assuming our company will lend money at an interest rate lower than the prevailing interest rate in other financial institutions, can we consider that the difference in interest, in effect, a subsidy granted to borrowers? If yes, is such subsidy entitled and allowed to be tax deductible/exempt on our books?

Example: Allied Bank offers 11.50% interest while our company is only at 9%, can the 2.50% interest difference be treated as subsidy and is therefore be considered as tax deduction/exemption or any tax privilege for our company?

New business starting out are usually not making much of a profit, if any, in the beginning. If the Obama wants to give them a subsidy for health insurance for the entrepreneur/s and the employees, wouldn’t that subsidy have to take a more direct form?

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