The supply-side framework outlined in this paper does not include all the effects of taxation that economists would like to examine. Depending on one's perspective, the glass could be considered half-full as well as half-empty. But if the only "dynamic" thing the Joint Committee on Taxation did was to incorporate the detrimental effects of federal deficits on capital formation, this would be more than worth the effort.
Congress should recognize the real distinction between tax policyand Medicare reform and examine each of the President's policyproposals on its own merits rather than relying on claims thatreforming tax policy will seriously affect Medicare financing.