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"Freeing these resources [from eliminating wasteful spending] for the private sector will probably increase long-term prosperity but will surely hurt short-term growth. Paying government workers to ...

In Ray Dalio's forthcoming book "How Countries Go Broke" he argues that the United States' budget deficit should be cut.

Compare that with the same period last year under Joe Biden: federal spending back then came to about $26bn a day. Outflows ...

Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives released their budget resolution. The resolution, according to the Center ...

Congressional Republicans may seek to drastically cut Medicaid by imposing per capita caps, which would place a hard cap on per-person federal Medicaid spending. At a time when people across ...

The United States borrowed $838 billion in the first four months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2025, including $127 billion in the month of January, according to the latest ...

Expert analysis on the ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury ETF (UBT) and the current market for long-duration Treasury exposure ...

“The 2001 and 2003 Bush Tax Cuts and Deficit Reduction,” Page 3 (Page 6 of PDF). The White House. “Presidents: George W. Bush.” Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget. "Tax Cut ...

It’s vital for Congress to pair pro-growth tax cuts with pro-growth spending reforms. The federal budget itself needs a ...

Investors added $1.124 billion to municipal bond mutual funds in the week ending Wednesday, following $741.6 million of ...