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

Author

David Ditch

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Balancing the Budget: What Washington Can Learn From the States The Honorable Terry E. Branstad (R)

May 13, 1997 12 min read

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The Budget Deal's Medicare Benefit Inflation Carrie J. Gavora

May 12, 1997 11 min read

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The 1997 Budget Agreement: The Return of Big Government Scott Hodge

May 12, 1997 16 min read

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Ten Good Reasons to Eliminate Funding for the National Endowment for the Arts Laurence Jarvik

Apr 29, 1997 30 min read

Commentary

ED041797b: Try the Impossible Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Apr 17, 1997 2 min read

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Why a Tax Limitation/Balanced Budget Amendment is Needed to ControlSpending Daniel J. Mitchell, Ph.D.

Feb 19, 1997 15 min read

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False Alarm Over Foreign Affairs Spending Cuts

Jan 31, 1997 7 min read

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Reinvention Has Not Ended the "Era of Big Government" Scott Hodge

Oct 15, 1996 About an hour read

Experts on Budget and Spending

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Rachel Greszler

Senior Research Fellow, Roe Institute

Parker Sheppard, PhD, PhD

Director, Center for Data Analysis

@parkersheppard

David Ditch

Senior Policy Analyst, Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

@DavidADitch

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