In the current election, both candidates promised to increase credits for impoverished peasant farmers, raise government spending for education and health care and create more jobs.
He would extend the income-tax exemption to all families making less than $25,000 a year and increase credits for those between $25,000 and $30,000.
In addition to reducing the top rate for companies earning less than $10 million -- the vast majority of American businesses -- Mr. Thomas's bill would increase corporations' ability to depreciate assets and to increase credits for research and development.
He called for increasing credit for small- and medium-sized businesses by $2 billion, easing restrictions on selling certain goods abroad, and the establishment of a cabinet-level panel on exports.
The once ignored, artististic impulses of non-white artists in the Western canon have been given increasing credit for their contributions in shaping high and popular culture.
During the debate over the jobs bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) declared on the House floor, "This legislation brings jobs to Main Street by increasing credit for small businesses, rebuilding the infrastructure of America, and keeping police and fireman and teachers on the job.
He favored the allocation of more money to the villages, for "by increasing credits for machinery, electricity, and water, rural life can be made more attractive and agriculture more effective".
Inmates would also receive increased credits for good behavior, and a judge, instead of a prosecutor, would decide whether to try someone as young as 14 in juvenile court or adult court.
Diesel, for example, is now for sale in Panyimur and there are increasing credit opportunities for local people, with district officials in Nebbi town even borrowing from local micro-finance groups in Panyimur.
Steve Boyden, a spokesman for the big card issuer MBNA America Bank, said his company offered things like payment holidays and increased credit lines for emergency purchases.
