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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The Sure Path to American Decline Romina Boccia

Nov 6, 2013 3 min read

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The only worthy topic for budget talks - spending control Patrick Louis Knudsen

Oct 27, 2013 3 min read

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Time for Brazil to Reject Capital Controls and End Failing Statist Policies

Oct 17, 2013 15 min read

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Avoiding fiscal catastrophe Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Oct 14, 2013 2 min read

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Why America Can’t Afford Amnesty Derrick Morgan

Oct 11, 2013 3 min read

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The President’s Legal Authority at the Debt Limit Andrew Kloster

Oct 9, 2013 5 min read

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Breaking the ‘Groundhog Day’ debt-ceiling cycle Romina Boccia

Sep 25, 2013 2 min read

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Debt Limit: Options and the Way Forward Romina Boccia

Sep 18, 2013 12 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