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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Commentary

Biden’s First Defense Budget Batters the Army Thomas Spoehr

Jun 7, 2021 3 min read

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Progressives Are Eyeing the Last Slice of the Budget Thomas Spoehr

Mar 17, 2021 4 min read

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Why Foreign Policy Spending in the COVID-19 Relief Bill Is Wrong James Jay Carafano

Dec 24, 2020 2 min read

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Lame Duck Can’t Hide From Defense Authorization Frederico Bartels

Nov 19, 2020 2 min read

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Defense Budget Debates Should Start With Strategy, Not Dollars Frederico Bartels

Nov 2, 2020 2 min read

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The Dangers of Trimming the Post-Coronavirus Defense Budget

Apr 14, 2020 5 min read

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What Happened to Balancing the Federal Budget in 10 Years? Romina Boccia

Feb 12, 2020 2 min read

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2020 NDAA Represents a Big Step Forward in Rebuilding Our Military Frederico Bartels

Dec 18, 2019 2 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