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

More Bad Policies and Government Spending Will Worsen Labor Shortage Rachel Greszler

Oct 13, 2021 3 min read

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Biden Budget Would Scrap Decades of Consensus on Not Funding Abortion Melanie Israel

Jun 4, 2021 6 min read

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

Jun 21, 2012 2 min read

Commentary

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

Dec 22, 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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The Real Gap

Jan 20, 2011 2 min read

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Achieve a Balanced Federal Budget Through Spending Restraint Brian M. Riedl

Nov 8, 2010 2 min read

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All the Presidents Budget Gimmicks Brian M. Riedl

Mar 16, 2010 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

@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