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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David Ditch

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50 Examples of Government Waste Brian M. Riedl

Oct 6, 2009 9 min read

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Obama Jobs Deficit a New Record, Again J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Oct 2, 2009 5 min read

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Defunding ACORN: Necessary and Proper, and Certainly Constitutional Hans A. von Spakovsky

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Congress's Health Care Bills Would Increase Spending and Federal Budget Deficits Brian M. Riedl

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President Obama's Agenda Would Bring $13 Trillion in Budget Deficits, Not $9 ... Brian M. Riedl

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Rein in Spending by Stopping the Stimulus and Ending the TARP

Sep 16, 2009 3 min read

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How to Dismantle a Military Superpower Mackenzie Eaglen

Sep 15, 2009 3 min read

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The Crashing Liberal Agenda Brian Darling

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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