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

Author

David Ditch

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Commentary

House Democrats Ride “Minibus” to Inflation, Economic Ruin Richard Stern

Jul 22, 2022 5 min read

Commentary

A Dangerously Distracted Pentagon Thomas Spoehr

Dec 14, 2021 3 min read

Commentary

Proposed Greenhouse Gas Rules Will Harm the U.S. Defense Industrial Base Maiya Clark

Nov 8, 2021 3 min read

Commentary

The Swiss Picked the F-35 on Price. The Pentagon Should Listen John Venable

Jul 14, 2021 4 min read

Commentary

Getting More Out of Defense Dollars Frederico Bartels

Jul 9, 2021 2 min read

Commentary

Defense Budget Is a Future Homer Simpson Problem: “I Do Not Envy That Guy” Frederico Bartels

Jun 18, 2021 2 min read

Commentary

Biden’s First Defense Budget Batters the Army Thomas Spoehr

Jun 7, 2021 3 min read

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Progressives Are Eyeing the Last Slice of the Budget Thomas Spoehr

Mar 17, 2021 4 min read

Experts on Budget and Spending

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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

@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