The federal government spent $7 trillion last year. That works out to roughly $222,000 per second — a pace that would have made even the most reckless Gilded Age railroad baron blush. And yet, in Washington, the…

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era in the history of the USA between the late 1860's and the 1890's

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JAMES CARTER And TIMOTHY MANEY: Washington’s Budget Process Is Broken. Fix It Now.

Opinion· Apr 16, 2026

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In United States history, the Gilded Age is the period from about the late 1870s to the late 1890s, which occurred between the Reconstruction era and the Progressive Era. It was named by 1920s historians after Mark Twain's 1873 novel The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today.

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