Their conclusions have been disputed by economist and writer Bruce Bartlett in The Fiscal Times, who stated that tax increases in the early 1990s helped contribute to more austere budgets in the late 1990s.
经济学家和作家布鲁斯·巴特利特在《财政时报》中对他们的结论提出异议，他说，在上世纪90年代的增税，有助于90年代末期的财政紧缩。