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

A (Cautionary) Tale of Two Michael Franc

Mar 25, 2011 4 min read

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Obama's 2012 Budget Offers More Gimmicks, Not Reform Brian M. Riedl

Mar 9, 2011 9 min read

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Rand Paul's Budget Brian Darling

Jan 31, 2011 3 min read

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Four Myths About Spending Cuts Brian M. Riedl

Jan 19, 2011 3 min read

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How to Cut $343 Billion from the Federal Budget Brian M. Riedl

Oct 28, 2010 14 min read

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Slay the Beast: How You Can Save Us from the Massive Debt

Sep 28, 2010 18 min read

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New CBO Budget Baseline Shows that Soaring Spending—Not Falling Revenues—Risk... Brian M. Riedl

Aug 19, 2010 5 min read

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The Bush Tax Cuts and the Deficit Myth Brian M. Riedl

Jul 13, 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

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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