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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Commentary

Ease up on Easing? Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Dec 11, 2014 2 min read

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The United States of Debt Stephen Moore

Dec 11, 2014 2 min read

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Government Spending Bill Gives EPA More Money Than Obama Requested Daren Bakst

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Spending Bill Doesn’t Include Much of a Reprieve From Harsh School Lunch Rules Daren Bakst

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Behold: The Great Congressional Landgrab of 2014 Jim DeMint

Dec 9, 2014 3 min read

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Federal Spending by the Numbers, 2014: Government Spending Trends in Graphics... Romina Boccia

Dec 8, 2014 20 min read

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How Many Social Programs Show Gold-Standard Evidence of Success? Almost None David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D.

Dec 5, 2014 1 min read

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Putting Pentagon Performance First James Jay Carafano

Nov 12, 2014 3 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