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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Clinton's Foreign Assistance Budget: Over the Top and Down the Drain

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Why Moving Transportation Trust Funds

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Transit Pork Has Few Passengers

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Seven Steps To Budget Process Reform David M. Mason

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Why Congress Must Preserve Spending Caps Scott Hodge

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ED091597b: Supply-Side Vindication Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

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Top 10 Obsolete Government Programs Scott Hodge

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Rachel Greszler

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Director, Center for Data Analysis

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David Ditch

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Richard Stern

Director, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

Thomas Dans

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Budget and Spending