Ex-Sen. Al Franken wants us to know that dynamic scoring is bad — because it makes tax cuts look good. This cannot stand because, as a Democrat, Franken insists that all your money belongs to the government.

In a recent article for Rolling Stone, Franken argues that Republicans only care about the deficit because a Democrat is in the White House, and they’re using made-up terms such as “dynamic scoring” and “the Laffer Curve” to make their point. The problem with Franken’s argument is that sometimes tax cuts actually are a good idea. Sometimes they really do grow the economy. So our decision-making process over whether to have them should be informed by their ability to do so, which is exactly what dynamic scoring measures. It tests the macroeconomic impact of budget changes.