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) entitlements (58) federal spending (96) spending (87) taxes (58) Facet Keywords - Faceted Refine by Content Type commentary (36) (-) report (13) Facet Content type report Do Federal Social Programs Work? David B. Muhlhausen, Ph.D. Mar 19, 2014 21 min read report The 2013 Index of Dependence on Government Nov 21, 2013 About an hour read report President Obama’s 2014 Budget: A Second-Term Vision for Economic Decline May 16, 2013 33 min read report RSC Budget Has Ambitious Targets, Needs More Policy Detail Patrick Louis Knudsen Mar 28, 2012 6 min read report Obama Budget Raises Taxes and Doubles the National Debt Brian M. Riedl Mar 9, 2010 16 min read report Obama's Deficits Put U.S. Credit Rating at Risk J.D. Foster, Ph.D. Jun 1, 2009 4 min read report The Obama Budget: Spending, Taxes, and Doubling the National Debt Brian M. Riedl Mar 16, 2009 13 min read report Obama Jobs Deficit Grows: 651,000 Reasons to Cut Tax Rates J.D. Foster, Ph.D. Mar 16, 2009 2 min read See More on Budget and Spending Related Issues Issue Taxes Issue Debt Related Videos Related Videos