I am totally baffled by our President's political strategy regarding the debt and tax policy. I don’t understand why the President is taking the “let’s work together” approach versus the “let’s do what works” approach. He’s always talking about bi-partisan negotiations, compromise, working for the people, blah, blah, blah.
Why isn’t he reminding people of the balanced budgets, economic growth, and expanding middle class of the Clinton years? Back when the upper tax bracket was 39% instead of 36%. The sky didn’t fall. Business was booming, jobs were a-plenty, the middle class was expanding. He should be hammering this home day after day after day. Remember the economic opportunity of the 90s? You were employed, your family and friends were employed. Let’s go back to those policies. They worked!
Just hammer the Republicans on the irresponsibility of a tax cut during two wars- never in our nation’s history. George W. Bush’s tax policy has failed. Clinton’s tax policy was a success. State it day after day after day. Get the public on your side. Get them thinking, “Yeah, what’s so important about tax cuts for oil companies and the rich?”
The Republicans smell weakness. They’re not going to budge. The President needs to get confrontational. He needs to put his presidency on the line. People respect that. They don’t respect luke-warm. Ugh.