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Tad DeHaven
Budget Analyst
Tad DeHaven is a budget analyst on federal and state budget issues for the Cato Institute. Previously he was a deputy director of the Indiana Office of Management and Budget and a policy analyst with the National Taxpayers Union. DeHaven also worked as a budget policy advisor to Senators Jeff Sessions (R-AL) and Tom Coburn (R-OK). In 2010, he was named to Florida Governor Rick Scott's Economic Advisory Council.
His articles have been published in the Washington Post, Washington Times, New York Post, Wall Street Journal Online, National Review and Politico.com. He has appeared on the CBS Evening News, CNBC, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Channel, and NPR.
Media Contact: 202-789-5200
To Book a Speaking Engagement: 202-789-5226
E-Mail: tdehaven@cato.org
Cato Studies
"Three Decades of Politics and Failed Policies at HUD," Policy Analysis no. 655, November 23, 2009.
"War between the Generations: Federal Spending on the Elderly Set to Explode," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Policy Analysis no. 488, September 16, 2003.
"On Spending, Bush Is No Reagan," by Veronique de Rugy and Tad DeHaven, Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 16, August 1, 2003.
"Federal Government Should Increase Firing Rate," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 10, November 1, 2002.
"Corporate Welfare Update," by Chris Edwards and Tad DeHaven, Tax & Budget Bulletin no. 7, May 1, 2002.
Opinion and Commentary
"Stamp Out the Postal Service," Daily Caller, June 7, 2011
"GOP Shouldn't Be Afraid to Challenge Reckless Spending," Philadelphia Inquirer, May 5, 2011
"Budget-cutting Like It's 1995," Orange County Register, April 28, 2011
"Recession of 2008 Exposed True Cost of Public Employee Unions," DC Examiner, March 22, 2011
"The Debt Ceiling Game," The Hill, February 22, 2011
Cato @ Liberty Blog Posts
"This Week in Government Failure," June 24, 2011
"Sen. Scott Brown, the SBA, and Discrimination," June 23, 2011
"CBO's Long-Term Budget Outlook," June 22, 2011
"Oberstar Comes to the EDA's Defense," June 21, 2011
"This Week in Government Failure," June 19, 2011
Speeches and Testimony
"Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in Small Business Administration Programs," Congressional Testimony, June 16, 2011.
Multimedia
Tad DeHaven discusses hitting the debt limit on WIBA's Outside the Box with Mitch Henck (May 16, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 17:27]
Tad DeHaven discusses hitting the debt limit on WSPD's The Brian Wilson Show (May 16, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 15:40]
Tad DeHaven discusses the budget on AFR's Crane Durham's Nothing But Truth (May 16, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 12:50]
Tad DeHaven discusses unions on NHPR's The Exchange (April 28, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 38:14]
Tad DeHaven discusses the debt trigger on WSPD's The Brian Wilson Show (April 27, 2011) [Media Highlights - Radio, 11:02]
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