You forget that part of that tax increase was offset by the following.
https://www.treasury.gov/press-center/press-releases/Pages/tg1414.aspx
So yes what you say is technically correct there were also tax incentives that had a large effect on the job market and economy.
While that's correct, you and I both know results count. Neither you nor I have to be rocket scientists to figure out there's something wrong with this picture:
The same goes with the US economy and the quality of US leadership. If the nation is failing, if the majority of Americans believe the nation is on the wrong track, then voters should push to fix those failures and put us on the right track. Instead too many people are just playing the Blame Game and the nation continues to move towards inevitable disaster.