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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Reinvention Has Not Ended the "Era of Big Government" Scott Hodge

Oct 15, 1996 About an hour read

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How Government Wastes Your Money: Report #3 Bryan T. Johnson

Oct 15, 1996 1 min read

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ED082296c: Wasting Your Money Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Aug 22, 1996 2 min read

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Why the Second Quarter Economic Growth Figures Probably Will Be Wrong Robert E. Moffit, PhD

Jul 29, 1996 1 min read

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How Government Wastes Your Money: Report #2 Denis P. Doyle

Jul 23, 1996 1 min read

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How Congress Won the Budget War James Phillips

Jun 17, 1996 1 min read

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How Congress Won the Budget War Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.

Jun 17, 1996 13 min read

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What To Do About the Kassebaum-Kennedy Bill Robert E. Moffit, PhD

Jun 5, 1996 38 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