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

The Most Bloated Budget Ever Brian M. Riedl

Feb 2, 2010 3 min read

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Why the Stimulus Failed to Create Jobs Brian M. Riedl

Dec 12, 2009 3 min read

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Raise Debt Limit, but Attach Spending Caps Brian M. Riedl

Dec 9, 2009 3 min read

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Social Insurance Needs Rethinking Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.

Aug 14, 2009 3 min read

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Why our domestic entitlements could doom our children Alison Acosta Fraser

Feb 22, 2007 2 min read

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Heading toward a deficit disaster: It's up to Congress to fix U.S. finances Alison Acosta Fraser

Apr 24, 2006 2 min read

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A brake for highway spending Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Feb 9, 2004 2 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

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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