Budget and Spending

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Federal spending has grown rapidly over the last decade, leading to substantial budget deficits that have crippled the economy and financially harmed Americans.

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The Road to Inflation: How an Unprecedented Federal Spending Spree Created Economic Turmoil

Sep 21, 2023 Over an hour read

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BACKGROUNDER

Funding Leftism: The Biden’s Administration’s Bureaucratic Radicalism

Apr 18, 2024 30 min read

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David Ditch

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Amtrak Gets More Than Its Fair Share of Federal Funding

Jun 25, 2002 14 min read

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Congress Should Call Amtrak's Bluff Wendell Cox

Jun 24, 2002 4 min read

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No Bailout for Amtrak; Board Members Should Resign Wendell Cox

Jun 6, 2002 2 min read

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2002 Supplemental Spending Bill: Drowning in Pork Brian M. Riedl

Jun 5, 2002 4 min read

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The Key Behavioral Elements Needed in a Model for Budget Estimation

May 30, 2002 12 min read

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The Case Against the Farm Bill Brian M. Riedl

May 2, 2002 3 min read

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Pork-Barrel Spending: Congress Goes Hog Wild Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.

May 2, 2002 3 min read

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Farm Policy: Renew, Then Redo Brian M. Riedl

Apr 19, 2002 2 min read

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Rachel Greszler

Senior Research Fellow, Roe Institute

Parker Sheppard, PhD, PhD

Director, Center for Data Analysis

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David Ditch

Senior Policy Analyst, Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

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Richard Stern

Director, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

Thomas Dans

Visiting Fellow, Margaret Thatcher Center for Freedom

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Budget and Spending