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							<title><![CDATA[The True Magnitude of DC's Spending Binge]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2023/04/17/this-tax-day-were-paying-more-than-ever-as-dc-drives-up-debt/</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[While Washington fiddles, budget deficits steam towards $3 trillion within a decade even under (assumed) peace, prosperity, and low interest rates.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden's Budget: $5T Tax Hike Still Leaves Soaring Red Ink]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2023/03/09/bidens-5-trillion-tax-blowout-still-leaves-soaring-red-ink/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 10 Mar 2023 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[More taxes, more spending, $17 trillion in red ink and Social Security insolvency do not represent a serious or responsible proposal.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Inflation Cost Every U.S. Household An Extra $10K]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2022/12/22/the-pain-isnt-goin-away-inflation-cost-households-an-extra-10k/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Inflation is over, the administration crows, even as Congress works to pass another massive spending bill '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' this time, $1.7 trillion. But struggling families know not to pop the cork yet.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[A GOP-Run House Can Stop Biden's Enormous Spending]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2022/11/11/a-gop-run-house-will-fix-inflation-simply-by-stopping-bidens-enormous-spending/</link>
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							<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2022 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The likely election of a Republican House majority is good for the economy, good for Republicans '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' and even good for President Biden.'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';']]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Dems' Spending Plans Will Blow Up Budget for Generations]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/09/27/democrats-plans-will-blow-up-us-budget-for-generations/</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It's going to cost nothing, Biden said of the Democrats' $3.5 trillion spending binge, which House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is scrambling to pass this week.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Biden Mortgaging America's Future for Left Wing Agenda]]></title>
							<link>https://nypost.com/2021/05/27/biden-mortgaging-our-future-with-more-spending-debt-and-taxes/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2021 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Two distressing facts to remember about President Biden'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('™').';'s new'&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('‚').';' 10-year budget proposal. First, his proposed spending spree would bring the largest federal debt in American history. Second, this budget does not even include additional spending and debt proposals that are coming...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Case Against $2,000 Relief Checks]]></title>
							<link>https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/12/the-case-against-2000-dollar-relief-checks/</link>
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							<pubDate>Wed, 30 Dec 2020 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Addressing six common arguments and myths in favor of this policy.]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[The Misleading Arguments Against the Tax Bills]]></title>
							<link>http://www.nationalreview.com/article/454167/tax-reform-four-misleading-arguments</link>
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							<pubDate>Thu, 30 Nov 2017 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[The tax-reform bills are far from perfect. But many critics are blatantly misrepresenting them ...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Without Reform, Healthcare Will Bankrupt America]]></title>
							<link>https://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2017-07-14/health-care-will-bankrupt-the-nation-we-need-reform-now</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jul 2017 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
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							<title><![CDATA[Spending, Not Tax Cuts Explains Deficits]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704738404575347302831199046.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama and congressional Democrats are blaming their trillion-dollar budget deficits on the Bush tax cuts of 2001 and 2003. Letting these tax cuts expire is their answer. Yet the data flatly contradict this "tax cuts caused the deficits" narrative. Consider the three most...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[D.C. Will Spend $31,406 Per Household]]></title>
							<link>http://www.tampabay.com/opinion/columns/washington-will-spend-31406-per-household-this-year/1086283</link>
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							<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[Taxpayers filing their 1040s are likely wondering just where all their hard-earned tax dollars are going, anyway.  '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('¢').';'  Washington will spend $31,406 per household in 2010 '&#'.ord('Ã').';''&#'.ord('¢').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('€').';''&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('”').';' the highest level in American history (adjusted for inflation). It will collect $18,276 per household in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Rising Debt Will Do U.S. In]]></title>
							<link>http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view/20100202rising_debt_will_do_us_in_president_obamas_budget_mustnt_pass/</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[It'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'s a good thing President Barack Obama and the Democratic Congress just agreed to raise the federal debt limit by nearly $2 trillion - they'&#'.ord('Â').';''&#'.ord('’').';'re going to need every penny of it. And fast.Last year, Obama swept into office promising to make tough choices - and then released a budget...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama Would Create $13 Trillion Deficit]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/10/09/obama_would_create_13_trillion_deficit_98644.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama's budget office recently caused a stir when it projected that his tax-and-spend agenda would leave more than $9 trillion in new budget deficits over the next decade - doubling the national debt. Now, it appears even that figure was too low.
A careful reading of the...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[How Washington is Spending Your Money This Year]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/01/how_washington_is_spending_your_money_this_year_97728.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[You get itemized bills from your doctor, your car mechanic and your cell-phone provider. Why not from the federal government?
Washington will spend $33,880 per household in 2009 - the highest level in American history (adjusted for inflation), and nearly $8,000 per household more than...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Obama's Eight Bogus Budget Arguments]]></title>
							<link>http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/05/16/obamas_eight_bogus_budget_arguments_96528.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
							<author>Brian Riedl</author>
							<description><![CDATA[President Obama has proposed a historic expansion of spending, taxes and debt. His budget would increase real spending from $25,000 per household to $32,000 per household by 2019. It would raise taxes by $1.4 trillion. And it would double the national debt - a staggering $9.3 trillion in...]]></description>
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							<title><![CDATA[Why Spending Stimulus Plans Fail]]></title>
							<link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122663413095027641.html</link>
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							<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0600</pubDate>
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