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

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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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Let’s Not Follow Europe’s Lead Israel Ortega

May 20, 2010 2 min read

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Obama’s Fiscal Commission: Avoiding a Standoff Alison Acosta Fraser

Apr 27, 2010 4 min read

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Guidelines for a Successful Fiscal Commission Brian M. Riedl

Apr 27, 2010 4 min read

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Obama Budget Raises Taxes and Doubles the National Debt Brian M. Riedl

Mar 9, 2010 16 min read

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Obama Misdiagnoses Source of Deficits Brian M. Riedl

Feb 16, 2010 3 min read

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Congress's Health Care Bills Would Increase Spending and Federal Budget Deficits Brian M. Riedl

Sep 24, 2009 6 min read

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President Obama's Agenda Would Bring $13 Trillion in Budget Deficits, Not $9 ... Brian M. Riedl

Sep 22, 2009 9 min read

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Social Insurance Needs Rethinking Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D.

Aug 14, 2009 3 min read

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Richard Stern

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