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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Achieve a Balanced Federal Budget Through Spending Restraint Brian M. Riedl

Nov 8, 2010 2 min read

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How to Cut $343 Billion from the Federal Budget Brian M. Riedl

Oct 28, 2010 14 min read

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Obama’s Desperate Search for Effective Stimulus J.D. Foster, Ph.D.

Sep 8, 2010 5 min read

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New CBO Budget Baseline Shows that Soaring Spending—Not Falling Revenues—Risk... Brian M. Riedl

Aug 19, 2010 5 min read

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Why the National Debt is a Ticking Time Bomb Brian M. Riedl

Jul 23, 2010 2 min read

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The Three Biggest Myths About Tax Cuts and the Budget Deficit Brian M. Riedl

Jun 21, 2010 19 min read

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The Debt Commission, Health Care, and Obama’s Budgetary Game Plan James C. Capretta

Jun 2, 2010 4 min read

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Federal Spending by the Numbers 2010 Brian M. Riedl

Jun 1, 2010 13 min read

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Rachel Greszler

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Parker Sheppard, PhD

Research Fellow, Center for Data Analysis

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Richard Stern

Acting Director, Roe Institute and Director, Hermann Center

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