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Budget hawks have fretted for decades about America’s deficits and debt, repeatedly advising our government to embrace ...

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We examined trends in per capita spending for Medicare beneficiaries ages sixty-five and older in the United States in the period 1999–2012 to determine why spending growth has been declining ...

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This chart shows the projected effects of the proposed House budget bill and its components on U.S. uninsured and death ...

When the heads of state of NATO member countries meet in The Hague at the end of June, tensions are likely to be high. Donald ...

GOP lawmakers introduce the LEDGER Act to create 'America's Checkbook,' requiring tracking of federal spending after $4.7 trillion in uncoded Treasury disbursements ...

The average taxpayer’s piece of the $37-trillion federal debt is about $240,000, or six years of the median income.

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