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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How We Can Finally Overcome the Affordability Crisis

Dec 5, 2025 3 min read

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E.J. Antoni, PhD

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How to Modernize America’s Air Traffic Control

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Diana Furchtgott-Roth

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Fact v. Fiction: State Spending Norbert J. Michel, Ph.D.

Feb 4, 2003 2 min read

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The Case Against a Federal Bailout of the States Brian M. Riedl

Feb 4, 2003 4 min read

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2002 Supplemental Spending Bill: Drowning in Pork Brian M. Riedl

Jun 5, 2002 4 min read

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The Economic Effects of President Bush's and Senator Daschle's Economic Stimu...

Nov 9, 2001 17 min read

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How the Economic Stimulus Proposals of the Administration, the House, and the...

Nov 5, 2001 22 min read

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Our Roads Suffer Because Federal Program Ships State Funds North Ronald D. Utt, Ph.D.

Jul 22, 2001 4 min read

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Out of Tune on the Debt Edwin J. Feulner, PhD

Mar 21, 2001 2 min read

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Time for the Senate to Unmask "Emergency" Spending Peter Sperry

Apr 6, 2000 4 min read

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Daniel Kowalski

Director, Grover M. Hermann Center for the Federal Budget

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