http://www.heritage.org/research/ The Heritage Foundation Papers: Federal Budget and Spending Thu, 07 Jan 2010 13:33:16 EST http://www.heritage.org/ui/icons/thflogo.gif http://www.heritage.org/ en-us heritage.org Copyright 2010 The Heritage Foundation Despite a recession and record $1.4 trillion budget deficit, Congress continues to accelerate runaway spending and pork. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2728.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Federal Budget and Spending Thu, 10 Dec 2009 15:25:33 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2728.cfm A fiscal reform commission is essential to tackling the coming tsunami of entitlement spending and deficit red ink that threaten the economy. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2698.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Stuart M. Butler, Ph.D. Federal Budget and Spending Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:30:37 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2698.cfm Congress needs a budget framework that promotes responsible budgeting. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2669.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Federal Budget and Spending Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:02:12 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2669.cfm Here are 50 of the most egregious examples of government waste. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2642.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian Riedl Federal Budget and Spending Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:30:36 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2642.cfm Both the House health care reform bill (H.R. 3200) and the bill authored by Senator Baucus would increase government spending by hundreds of billions of dollars over the next decade, even after assuming massive "savings" from cutting waste and inefficiency in Medicare and Medicaid. If lawmakers can easily cut nearly $1 trillion in waste from Medicare and Medicaid over the next 20 years, they should do so to reduce Medicare's $36 trillion unfunded obligation, not to fund massive new health care benefits. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg2324.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Federal Budget and Spending Thu, 24 Sep 2009 17:24:01 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg2324.cfm President Obama's budget will likely produce $13 trillion in deficit spending over the next 10 years--nearly $4 trillion more than forecast. The White House figures are based on unrealistic estimates of discretionary spending, interest payments, and interest rates. The White House also used budget gimmicks to hide the full cost of certain entitlements and failed to account for the full costs of cap-and-trade energy legislation and health care reform. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg2319.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Federal Budget and Spending Tue, 22 Sep 2009 16:57:38 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/bg2319.cfm The OMB and CBO budget updates show that spending cuts—not tax increases—are necessary to bring deficits under control. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2597.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Curtis S. Dubay Federal Budget and Spending Thu, 27 Aug 2009 17:02:26 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2597.cfm The OMB's new budget spending estimates are alarming and absolutely unsustainable-and are the true cause of these appalling levels of deficit and debt. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2595.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Federal Budget and Spending Tue, 25 Aug 2009 13:24:46 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/wm2595.cfm Spending and deficits are surging at a pace not seen since World War II. Washington will spend $33,932 per household in 2009--$8,000 per household more than last year. While much of this spending is a temporary result of the recession and financial crisis, President Obama's 2010 budget would replace this temporary spending with permanent new programs. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/sr0063.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian M. Riedl Federal Budget and Spending Mon, 27 Jul 2009 09:47:11 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/sr0063.cfm The most striking part of the 2008 Financial Report of the United States Government is not the balance sheets showing total assets of $2 trillion dwarfed by total liabilities of $12 trillion. Rather, it is the Statements of Social Insurance, which show $43 trillion in excess future expenditures over future revenues for Social Security and Medicare. http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/tst071309a.cfm The Heritage Foundation - Brian Riedl Federal Budget and Spending Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:48:09 EST http://www.heritage.org/Research/Budget/tst071309a.cfm