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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State of the Union 2007: Fiscal Policy Challenges for Today and Tomorrow Alison Acosta Fraser

Jan 23, 2007 2 min read

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Bush's Call For Fiscal Restraint: Entitlement Control is the Key Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.

Jan 5, 2007 3 min read

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Memo to Speaker Pelosi: How to Make PAYGO Discipline the Federal Budget

Dec 19, 2006 6 min read

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Observations on Budget Estimates from the Mid-Session Review Brian M. Riedl

Jul 11, 2006 2 min read

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Runaway Spending: Left Unchecked, Washington's Overspending Could Drown Ameri... Brian M. Riedl

Jul 3, 2006 6 min read

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U.S. spending grows at historic rate Alison Acosta Fraser

May 1, 2006 3 min read

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Competitiveness Means Less Government, Not More Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.

Apr 20, 2006 22 min read

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Baby Boomers Will Bust the Budget in a Big Way Brian M. Riedl

Oct 27, 2005 1 min read

Experts on Budget and Spending

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Rachel Greszler

Senior Research Fellow, Roe Institute

Parker Sheppard, PhD, PhD

Director, Center for Data Analysis

@parkersheppard

David Ditch

Senior Policy Analyst, Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

@DavidADitch

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