In a way, maybe Mr. McDonald was. I was talking with a good friend of mine the other day about Mr. Clinton's current troubles. Moreover, he could also propose a detailed plan for scrapping the current tax code and propose instituting an 16 percent flat tax, which in effect would also disassemble the hated marriage penalty . Clinton's popularity would shoot from roughly 75 percent to 99 percent almost overnight. If the Republican's think it's tough to impeach a guy with Mr. Clinton current numbers, they'd positively faint at the poll numbers if Mr. Clinton proposed this massive tax reduction plan.
Tax cuts are about as economic as it gets.
The more I digested this theory, the more intriguing it became. Certainly, there were more holes in it than a slice of Swiss cheese. Secondly, Mr. Clinton has, for the last six years, been a veritable Santa Claus when it comes to passing out goodies just to bump the poll numbers. No one trusts his word, and suspicion Republicans would quickly castrate the plan as a budget buster. Moreover, it would infuriate the Dems.