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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HERITAGE EXPLAINS

The Real Story Behind Inflation

What do you know about inflation? Milton Friedman famously said: “Inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon

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Biden's “Infrastructure” Plan

President Biden is proposing a massive spending plan to supposedly build and rebuild America's infrastructure. While the plan

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$1.9 Trillion COVID “Relief” Package

This week the $1.9 trillion “American Rescue Plan” was passed. Yet only a paltry 9% (or less) of the stimulus will be spent

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Reforming Reckless Government Spending

With an economy that’s strong, that creates opportunities and grows wages, people are experiencing the American Dream. But

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The Green New Deal

MICHELLE CORDERO: From the Heritage Foundation, I'm Michelle Cordero and this is "Heritage Explains."

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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, Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies

@TomDansCFA

Budget and Spending