It's due to the decision to take a gamble that we would have a Republican president and Senate now. They agreed to a temporary extnesion of the Bush tax cuts figuring they could make them permanent now. Unfortunately it didn't happen. If it had worked out it would seem like genius. But I don't fault that. Sometimes you have to take a gamble, and it was probably the best option at the time.
If I accept your proposition(It’s probable) then it might make sense, maybe.
Still, Mutt was a millstone down ticket and that cost us.