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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Fiscal Cliff Deal Added $47 Billion in Spending Patrick Louis Knudsen

Jan 10, 2013 5 min read

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U.S. Government Increases National Debt—and Keeps 128 Million People on Gover...

Jan 8, 2013 7 min read

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Hurricane Sandy Relief Bill: Starting the New Year with Bloated Deficit Spending

Jan 4, 2013 4 min read

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A New, Extra-Extraordinary Debt-Ceiling Tool J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Jan 3, 2013 3 min read

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Simple Math Will Force Change Michael Franc

Jan 3, 2013 1 min read

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Improving Economic Mobility Through Increased Savings Diane Calmus

Dec 21, 2012 14 min read

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A Fiscal-Cliff Primer Jim Talent

Dec 13, 2012 4 min read

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Fiscal Cliff: Five Budget Tactics to Reject Patrick Louis Knudsen

Dec 12, 2012 4 min read

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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

@TomDansCFA

Budget and Spending