Hillary’s new attack on Bill’s economic legacy

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On Friday, Hillary Clinton continued her clumsy stroll through economic policy with a promise to nearly double the top tax rate on capital gains, from the current 24 percent to as high as 44 percent.

Not only is this a reversal of her position in 2008, but it would also vitiate most of her husband’s legacy as a president who presided over a stock market boom.

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