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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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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Stimulus Jobs Count: CBO Admits It Ignored the Economy’s Actual Performance Brian M. Riedl

Mar 23, 2010 3 min read

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Will Obama Choose Fiscal Responsibility or Gimmicks? Brian M. Riedl

Jan 21, 2010 3 min read

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Entitlement Reform Should Precede Health Care Expansion James C. Capretta

Dec 15, 2009 6 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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Massive Debt to Drive U.S. Decline Kim R. Holmes, Ph.D.

Oct 30, 2009 3 min read

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Congress's Health Care Bills Would Increase Spending and Federal Budget Deficits Brian M. Riedl

Sep 24, 2009 6 min read

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President Obama's Agenda Would Bring $13 Trillion in Budget Deficits, Not $9 ... Brian M. Riedl

Sep 22, 2009 9 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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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

@TomDansCFA

Budget and Spending