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 SPECIAL REPORT The Road to Inflation: How an Unprecedented Federal Spending Spree Created Economic Turmoil Sep 21, 2023 Over an hour read Read the report BACKGROUNDER Funding Leftism: The Biden’s Administration’s Bureaucratic Radicalism Apr 18, 2024 30 min read Author David Ditch Read the report Refine by Keyword budget (257) federal spending (96) spending (87) entitlements (58) taxes (58) Facet Keywords - Faceted Refine by Content Type commentary (1369) (-) report (998) testimony (37) video (34) event (27) explainer (13) article (7) impact (2) external_url (1) Facet Content type Factsheet Democrats Shut Down Government Over Health Care for Illegal Aliens The Heritage Foundation Oct 1, 2025 2 min read Backgrounder Comfort or Crisis for America’s Retirees? Rachel Greszler Jun 4, 2025 33 min read Issue Brief NPR Has No Right to Taxpayer Money and No Monopoly on Emergency Alerts Jun 4, 2025 17 min read Backgrounder Ending the Earnings Test: A Pro-Growth Proposal to Cut Social Security Taxes Rachel Greszler Mar 3, 2025 18 min read Factsheet Budget Reconciliation Priorities for the 119th Congress Richard Stern Feb 18, 2025 2 min read Backgrounder Death to “Discretionary” Budgeting David Ditch Jan 31, 2025 26 min read Factsheet Why Congress Should Fix, Not Eliminate, Social Security’s WEP and GPO Rachel Greszler Nov 8, 2024 2 min read Backgrounder Funding Leftism: The Biden’s Administration’s Bureaucratic Radicalism David Ditch Apr 18, 2024 30 min read See More on Budget and Spending Related Issues Issue Taxes Issue Debt Related Videos Related Videos