Republicans' hugely unpopular bill is law; will they pay the electoral price for it they should? My research with @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social for @equitablegrowth.bsky.social has good news: voters informed about the bill's effects overwhelmingly oppose it. equitablegrowth.org/americans-in...

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Just days after President Trump signed his federal budget bill into law, EG is responding, highlighting why this is the most regressive piece of tax/budget legislation to be passed in recent memory. Read our full statement below. ⬇️ equitablegrowth.org/press/equita...

Today, I was asked by Newsweek to comment on the dangerous implications of the BBB's slash to Medicaid. I had a whole lot to say. Since I know only a small share of it will wind up in the article, I'm including here the entirety of what I wrote today. open.substack.com/pub/miranday...

7/ Maybe that’s part of the reason why the bill is so unpopular? The more people know about it, the more they hate it, per EG collaborators @jacobhacker.bsky.social & @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social. equitablegrowth.org/working-pape... - END 🧵-

Legitimately feel sick. We are hours away from the largest cuts to low-income people in history. People’s lives will be ruined. It is so unfair. It’s unfair to be born into a system that allows this level of poverty in the first place and it’s evil to rip away aid from the needy. Hard to watch this.

Trying to stay cautiously optimistic that we will see a few "profiles in courage" in the House today in the form of "NO" votes on the most regressive tax and budget bill in living memory It's cruel, it will harm vulnerable Americans, and the public absolutely HATES it www.cnn.com/2025/06/20/p...

You know what’s agonizing? Not being able to get medical attention when you’re sick because you got dropped from Medicaid. Rationing meds because you can’t afford it without insurance. Realizing you don’t have enough food for you and your family because your SNAP benefits were reduced. You own this.

NEW: The Senate version of One Big Beautiful Bill is one big ugly transfer of wealth from low-income families to the rich. Americans struggling to get by will pay more for groceries & health care so the highest income families can get big tax cuts. This isn’t shared sacrifice.

As Republicans expedite their efforts to rip health coverage from millions of Americans, re-upping my writing on the not so-beautiful bill. First, my piece in The Hill w/ @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social on harms to rural (conservative) communities (ex: hospital closures). thehill.com/opinion/heal...

As @brendanvduke.bsky.social says, this isn’t a case of shared sacrifice. The bill isn’t asking everyone to tighten their belts a little in the name of deficit reduction. Instead it’s asking the poorest to tighten their belts so the richest can loosen their belts. That is profoundly unfair.

The Senate is racing to pass “a stand alone in history—a reconciliation bill that drives up poverty and the number of people uninsured, while increasing deficits and debt.” @centeronbudget.bsky.social How many GOP Senators who will vote for it think this is a good idea? www.cbpp.org/press/statem...

“Legislation speaks louder than words.” Excellent analysis by @jacobhacker.bsky.social & @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social of the bill before the Senate today that is “the most regressive, least populist policy package in memory.” It’s terrible on tax equity, heath care & hunger.

1 in 5 Americans depends on Medicaid to access health care. 1 in 7 Americans depends on SNAP for their food security. These cuts— all to funnel tax cuts to the wealthiest— will cause needless suffering & death, not just among the poor: when rural hospitals close (which they will), everyone loses.

Great to speak with @michaelmechanic.bsky.social the other day regarding a recent study @jacobhacker.bsky.social and I conducted examining attitudes toward the GOP's historically regressive budget bill. First, the bill is already VERY unpopular www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"the parts of the bill that are most expensive -- things like the big deductions for business income -- almost no-one knows about. The parts that are cheap and don't really change people's lives... a lot of people know about."

This megabill GOP lawmakers are trying to shove through polls very poorly as is. And when Yale's @jacobhacker.bsky.social & ‪Patrick Sullivan showed folks how the combined tax and spending cuts affect family finances, BOY did they hate it. Even Republicans thought it stunk! Via @motherjones.com

When Republican voters learn that the "Big Beautiful Bill" takes from the poor to give to the rich, they oppose it.

New op-ed from @jacobhacker.bsky.social and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social: The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

Great NYT op-ed by @jacobhacker.bsky.social and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social on the not-so-beautiful bill. Read it, then call your members of Congress to oppose it. Capitol switchboard: 202-224-3121 www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

"It would shift more resources up the income ladder than any bill passed since scorekeepers started keeping track." In this opinion piece, @jacobhacker.bsky.social and @patrick-sullivan.bsky.social highlight four most regressive aspects of the 'Big Beautiful Bill.' www.nytimes.com/2025/06/25/o...

I don’t typically post much, but I’m excited to share a guest essay co-authored with @jacobhacker.bsky.social which was published today in the @nytimes.com, as well as two reports we just published at the @equitablegrowth.bsky.social on Republican’s so-called “One Big Beautiful Bill Act.”