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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Spending Goals for Congress and the President Patrick Louis Knudsen

Jan 24, 2012 4 min read

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Infrastructure ‘Bank’ Doomed to Fail Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.

Sep 14, 2011 2 min read

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White House Mid-Session Review: Still Too Optimistic About the Economy

Sep 2, 2011 4 min read

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Our Consistent Slide From Self-Reliance to Servitude Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Oct 26, 2010 2 min read

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Obama’s Desperate Search for Effective Stimulus J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Sep 8, 2010 5 min read

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El Fracaso de las Políticas Económicas de Obama Israel Ortega

Jul 27, 2010 2 min read

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Obama’s Economic Policies Are Not Working Israel Ortega

Jul 27, 2010 2 min read

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Osborne Has a Long Way to Go, But At Least He's Started Ted R. Bromund, PhD

Jun 30, 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