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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Commentary

Congress Gives Massive Subsidies to Farmers — It Shouldn't Daren Bakst

Feb 25, 2016 2 min read

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Time to Budge on the Budget Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Feb 24, 2016 2 min read

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A Blueprint for Balance: A Federal Budget for 2017 The Heritage Foundation

Feb 23, 2016 2 min read

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Washington’s Spending Problem

Feb 12, 2016

testimony

The Debt Limit: A Key Action-Forcing Tool to Control Spending and the Debt Romina Boccia

Feb 3, 2016 20 min read

Commentary

Congress Should Spend More Time Budgeting, Not Less Romina Boccia

Jan 29, 2016 3 min read

Commentary

Obama's Misguided Solution to the Keynesian Crisis in Puerto Rico Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Jan 28, 2016 5 min read

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In Search of Solutions Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Jan 26, 2016 2 min 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

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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

@TomDansCFA

Budget and Spending