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

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David Ditch

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Cut defense spending because...? Justin T. Johnson

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A tale of two U.S. economies Stephen Moore

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Tapping the taxpayer till Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

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Two Months To Go, Two Jackson Hole Conferences Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

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Our skyrocketing debt: Higher taxes, lower benefits loom Romina Boccia

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Basel III Does Not Justify The Export-Import Bank Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

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House Department of Defense Appropriations: Where the Battle over Budget Prio...

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Showing the Ex-Im Bank the exit Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

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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