http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/01/13/stimulating-the-stimulus-yes-we-can/ Affecting NC public policy through informed, energetic and progressive conversations. Sat, 11 Feb 2012 03:14:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/01/13/stimulating-the-stimulus-yes-we-can/#comment-30078 Kimberly Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:01:54 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=2679#comment-30078 Another suggestion: 3/4 of the nations businesses are nonemployers which means they do not qualify for current proposals. Offering tax credits will help once per year but there should be some other assistance to those businesses such as training, expansion, and evolving existing businesses to incorporate new technology. This would help the business go from being nonemployers to employers and increase employment rates and state revenues. Another suggestion: 3/4 of the nations businesses are nonemployers which means they do not qualify for current proposals. Offering tax credits will help once per year but there should be some other assistance to those businesses such as training, expansion, and evolving existing businesses to incorporate new technology. This would help the business go from being nonemployers to employers and increase employment rates and state revenues.

]]> http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2009/01/13/stimulating-the-stimulus-yes-we-can/#comment-30077 Kimberly Wed, 14 Jan 2009 13:55:16 +0000 http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/?p=2679#comment-30077 I agree with all of his suggestions but would like to add a couple. Give a tax credit for converting cars to hybrid, solar, or electric. Give a tax credit for converting homes to solar or wind power and make the power companies buy back the excess power created from the homeowner at the rate they charge homeowners for their power. Create a program that will pay for conversion to solar or wind for homeowners that can't afford it, based on sliding fee scale with it being free to those households with special health care needs that are medically dependent on consistent power. I agree with all of his suggestions but would like to add a couple. Give a tax credit for converting cars to hybrid, solar, or electric. Give a tax credit for converting homes to solar or wind power and make the power companies buy back the excess power created from the homeowner at the rate they charge homeowners for their power. Create a program that will pay for conversion to solar or wind for homeowners that can’t afford it, based on sliding fee scale with it being free to those households with special health care needs that are medically dependent on consistent power.

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