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

Senator Reid, What's Your Plan? J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Jul 18, 2012 2 min read

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Hill Must Act to Alter Nation’s Fiscal Trajectory Patrick Louis Knudsen

Jun 21, 2012 2 min read

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Commonsense Cuts Will Keep America Safe Brian Darling

May 11, 2012 1 min read

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2011 Was the Year of Simplistic Sentiments Ryan Messmore, D.Phil.

Dec 22, 2011 3 min read

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Obama Plays the Card of Financial Responsibility Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Dec 5, 2011 4 min read

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Pity the Debt-Paying Generation

Aug 8, 2011 3 min read

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Federal Budget No Easy Moral Question Jennifer A. Marshall

May 31, 2011 3 min read

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It’s About the Numbers, Not the Ideology Jim Talent

Apr 8, 2011 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, Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies

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Budget and Spending