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 COMMENTARY How We Can Finally Overcome the Affordability Crisis Dec 5, 2025 3 min read Author E.J. Antoni, PhD Read the article COMMENTARY How to Modernize America’s Air Traffic Control Dec 4, 2025 3 min read Author Diana Furchtgott-Roth Read the article Refine by Keyword budget (387) federal spending (204) Congress (128) Wasteful Government Spending (128) (-) spending (148) Facet Keywords - Faceted Refine by Content Type report (109) commentary (67) Facet Content type report A Modest Proposal: How to Offset More than Half of the President's Tax Cut Brian M. Riedl Apr 9, 2003 7 min read report CBO Estimates Spending Weakens Effects of Pro-Growth Tax Relief Brian M. Riedl Mar 28, 2003 5 min read report 2002 Supplemental Spending Bill: Drowning in Pork Brian M. Riedl Jun 5, 2002 4 min read report Time for the Senate to Unmask "Emergency" Spending Peter Sperry Apr 6, 2000 4 min read report Executive Summary: Time to Hold the Line on Spending Caps Wendell Cox Mar 17, 1999 3 min read report Time to Hold the Line on Spending Caps Wendell Cox Mar 17, 1999 20 min read report Using Supplemental Spending Bills to Raid the Budget Surplus Gregg VanHelmond Mar 5, 1999 8 min read report Achieving Fiscal Responsibility within the Department of Health and Human Ser... John C. Liu Feb 24, 1995 18 min read Related Issues Issue Taxes Issue Debt Related Videos Related Videos