According to projections by the Congressional Budget Office, Medicare spending is expected to jump from 4 percent of GDP

In Bush’s first year in office, the deficit grew by nearly 1,000 percent

Cities, states and universities spend more than half a billion dollars lobbying

Spending could be double the Obama Administration's public estimate of $19B

Republican presidential candidates' ambitious tax plans don't help working class

Republican debate featured mistakes on how many people pay taxes and how much they spend on tax prep

Gingrich super PAC ad claims the former speaker slashed federal spending, but the ad exaggerates

Facts took a beating in Monday's GOP candidate debate

Rhetoric confuses reality, as Obama's defense budget proposal would shift planned spending by less than one percent

The more citizens think about the deficit, the less interested they are in keeping military spending at current levels