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) Congress (128) federal spending (204) spending (148) Wasteful Government Spending (128) Facet Keywords - Faceted Refine by Content Type commentary (113) report (26) Facet Content type report $4 Trillion and Counting: President Obama’s 2016 Budget Presents a Vision of ... Mar 26, 2015 About an hour read report Accurate Budget Scores Require Dynamic Analysis Salim Furth, Ph.D. Dec 30, 2014 8 min read report The IMF Is Following the Obama Administration’s Playbook on the Federal Budget Romina Boccia Jul 2, 2014 4 min read report President Obama’s 2015 Budget: How Government Expansion Will Limit Opportuni... Paul Rosenzweig Apr 14, 2014 34 min read report Economy Better, but Still Growing Too Slowly Because of Anti-Growth Policy Curtis S. Dubay Feb 6, 2014 4 min read report The 2013 Index of Dependence on Government Nov 21, 2013 About an hour read report The Many Real Dangers of Soaring National Debt J.D. Foster, Ph.D. Jun 18, 2013 24 min read report Soaring National Debt Remains a Grave Threat Jun 18, 2013 4 min read See More on Budget and Spending Related Issues Issue Taxes Issue Debt Related Videos Related Videos