text: That's just what the right wing said about Bill Clinton's tax increase during his first year in office. The resulting boom during his administration put the lie to that mindset. Similar things were said about Obama-Hillary Care; however, private employment has gone up at levels no seen since Bill Clinton's presidency since the ACA came into force. On the other side, two months after taking office, George W. Bush pushed through the biggest tax cuts for the wealthy in our history; one month later the first recession of his presidency started.
  
  Anyone who has looked at economic history at all has seen that lowering taxes usually results in weaker economies. Conversely, raising taxes often has the effect of allowing better safety nets for the poorest among us, who spend a much higher percentage of their incomes and thus stimulate the economy better than giving tax breaks to the wealthy. Trickle down has been tried and has failed each and every time.