Issue Budget and Spending Federal spending has grown rapidly over the last decade, leading to substantial budget deficits that have crippled the economy and financially harmed Americans. Personal Inflation Calculator Copied COMMENTARY How We Can Finally Overcome the Affordability Crisis Dec 5, 2025 3 min read Author E.J. Antoni, PhD Read the article COMMENTARY How to Modernize America’s Air Traffic Control Dec 4, 2025 3 min read Author Diana Furchtgott-Roth Read the article Refine by Keyword budget (387) Congress (128) federal spending (204) spending (148) Wasteful Government Spending (128) Facet Keywords - Faceted Refine by Content Type article (7) commentary (1373) event (27) explainer (13) external_url (1) impact (2) report (998) testimony (37) video (34) Facet Content type Commentary Wasteful Spending Continues Despite an ‘Evidence-based’ Policy Agenda David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Apr 16, 2014 1 min read report President Obama’s 2015 Budget: How Government Expansion Will Limit Opportuni... Paul Rosenzweig Apr 14, 2014 34 min read report An Analysis of Selected Budget Process Reforms Patrick Louis Knudsen Apr 11, 2014 About an hour read Commentary Liberal Economists Are Caught in a Bind Trying to Sell Obama’s Overtime Laws James Sherk Apr 2, 2014 2 min read report The Federal Budget in 2013: Dysfunction Revisited Apr 1, 2014 4 min read Commentary Why we do not need another pre-school program Edwin J. Feulner, PhD Mar 24, 2014 2 min read report Do Federal Social Programs Work? David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Mar 19, 2014 21 min read Commentary Veteran retirements highlight how much Congress has made itself powerless Rich Tucker Mar 15, 2014 2 min read See More on Budget and Spending Related Issues Issue Taxes Issue Debt Related Videos Related Videos
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