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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Baby Boomers Will Bust the Budget in a Big Way Brian M. Riedl

Oct 27, 2005 1 min read

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Federal Spending: By the Numbers Brian M. Riedl

Oct 11, 2005 1 min read

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Hurricane Costs Send Budget Projections Deeper into the Red Brian M. Riedl

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Why Social Security's Problems Begin in 2018

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America's Declining Debt Burden

Jan 26, 2005 3 min read

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Defending the Reagan Deficits

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Balancing the Budget Within 10 Years Brian M. Riedl

Feb 13, 2004 3 min read

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A brake for highway spending Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

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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