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

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

Apr 18, 2024 30 min read

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With the Veto, Reagan Can Salvage the Budget Stephen Moore

May 20, 1986 2 min read

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Packwood's Alchemy Could Make Taxes Simple and Fair Bruce Bartlett

May 8, 1986 3 min read

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By Raising Spending and Killing the Deferral, The House Concocts a Taxpayer's... Richard D. Fisher

Apr 22, 1986 3 min read

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Why Is the State Department Ignoring the Lowery Amendment? Thomas E. L.

Apr 8, 1986 3 min read

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Policy Review #36 - Spring 1986 Eileen Gardner

Apr 1, 1986 1 min read

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How to Save Money at the Pentagon While Improving the Nation'sDefense Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

Mar 26, 1986 15 min read

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The Senate Committee's Proposed Budget: It Could Hardly Be Worse Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

Mar 25, 1986 3 min read

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"How ,to Privatize Federal Services by ""Contracting Out""" James L.

Mar 13, 1986 17 min read

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David Ditch

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Richard Stern

Director, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

Thomas Dans

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