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

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David Ditch

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Budget Process That's Spent

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What Is the Real Reason to Worry about the Deficit? Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.

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Key Factors Indicate Recovery is Sustainable

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The Economic Effects of President Bush's and Senator Daschle's Economic Stimu...

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How the Economic Stimulus Proposals of the Administration, the House, and the...

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Is a Cash Handout Really the Best The Heritage Foundation

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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