Bush to Offer Stimulus Plan; Tax Rebates Expected
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The package is expected to include more than $100 billion in one-time tax rebates for individuals and an opportunity for businesses to rapidly write off their capital investments.
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The White House on Tuesday opened the door to expanding an economic stimulus plan to revive the ailing U.S. economy when a top official offered to extend a tax rebate to some 20 million retirees and disabled veterans.
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Investor's Business Daily - President Bush on Friday called for a $140 billion to $150 billion stimulus package, saying the U.S. needs a "shot in the arm" to keep housing woes from spreading.
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President George W Bush signs off the two-year bipartisan $167bn (Â£86bn) US economic stimulus plan.
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President Bush on Wednesday signed the Economic Stimulus Act of 2008, calling it a "booster shot" for the American economy.
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Democrats running Congress and the Bush administration reached a tentative deal Thursday on $300-$1,200 tax rebates and business tax cuts to jolt the slumping economy
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Saying the nation's flagging economy urgently needs "a shot in the arm," President Bush called today for an economic stimulus package centered on tax rebates and incentives, but declined to specify how large the rebate checks should be, leaving the matter up for negotiation with Congress.
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Bloomberg - Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) -- President George W. Bush and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson face a choice: Deliver an economic stimulus plan that has a chance of passing Congress, or stick to their ideological guns, risk doing nothing and possibly pay a price in the 2008 elections.
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The White House and the Democratic-led Congress have reached a tentative deal on a $150 billion economic stimulus plan that includes tax rebates for workers and business investment incentives, congressional sources said on Thursday.
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President George W. Bush told  lawmakers on Thursday he wants tax rebates for families and  breaks for businesses in a rescue plan for the struggling U.S.  economy that could total up to $150 billion.
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The White House and the  Democratic-led Congress have reached a tentative deal on a $150  billion economic stimulus plan that includes tax rebates for  workers and business investment incentives, congressional  sources said on Thursday.
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President George W. Bush hopes a $150 billion economic stimulus package will avert a recession in his final year in office but he also faces another problem: worsening budget deficits.
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President Bush will outline principles aimed at making an immediate impact on the lagging economy and sluggish consumer spending, the White House said Friday.
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MAIN TOPIC: President Bush will offer new details about his plan to let younger workers divert some of their Social Security payroll taxes into personal investment accounts. Experts say while the president will seek to reassure Americans who are at or near retirement, he will leave larger questions unanswered.
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Seven years ago, President Bush rode into town promising tax cuts and rebates. He's heading out the same way.
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U.S. News & World Report - President Bush's economic stimulus plan would put $800 in the pocket of almost every taxpayer. Given that Congress is pretty much on the same page, why isn't that prospect buoying everyone's hopes? Maybe one reason is that Wall Street and consumers alike realize that unless oil prices drop significantly--which may well happen if we fall into a recession--many will be emptying that newfound stash just to pay for the increase in gasoline and other energy prices this year.
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With the price of oil hovering near $100 a barrel and overall economic anxiety on the rise, President Bush said yesterday that he may use his upcoming State of the Union address to propose a stimulus package intended to promote growth and shore up weak parts of the economy.