Patrick Sullivan
@patrick-sullivan.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Researcher at the American Political Economy Exchange (APEX), @ispsyale.bsky.social. Associated Researcher @excinequality.bsky.social. Green Bay Packers Part Owner
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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.”
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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...
Americans informed about the distributional effects of Republicans’ tax and budget bill overwhelmingly oppose it
Republicans’ tax and budget bill would, if enacted, be the most regressive U.S. tax and budget law in at least the past four decades.
equitablegrowth.org
July 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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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Join us for the 5th Research Conference on the American Political Economy, July 28-30 on zoom, 12-2:30pm ET, to discuss cutting-edge APE research!
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The 2025 APE Annual Research Conference will be held on Zoom from July 28 to 30 (Monday to Wednesday) from 12:00 to 2:30 pm ET each day.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Join us for the 5th Research Conference on the American Political Economy, July 28-30 on zoom, 12-2:30pm ET, to discuss cutting-edge APE research!
Register here: yale.zoom.us/meeting/regi... or check out the program (www.americanpoliticaleconomy.org/events/annua...) featuring@adambonica.bsky.social
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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...
Read our full statement below. ⬇️ equitablegrowth.org/press/equita...
Equitable Growth responds to passage of the federal budget bill
The federal budget bill dramatically exacerbates inequality by sending more than 50 percent of its tax benefits to the top 10 percent of U.S. households
equitablegrowth.org
July 7, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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...
Read our full statement below. ⬇️ equitablegrowth.org/press/equita...
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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...
open.substack.com/pub/miranday...
The Danger of the Not-So-Beautiful Bill
Today, I was asked by Newsweek to comment on the adverse impact of the not-so-beautiful bill to dismantle America’s safety net.
open.substack.com
July 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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...
open.substack.com/pub/miranday...
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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...
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Americans Informed About the Distributional Effects of Republicans’ Budget Bill Overwhelmingly Oppose It
Survey results show that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act is broadly unpopular—overwhelmingly so after respondents learned of its regressive distributional effects.
equitablegrowth.org
July 3, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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...
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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.
July 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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...
It's cruel, it will harm vulnerable Americans, and the public absolutely HATES it
www.cnn.com/2025/06/20/p...
Analysis: The many ugly polls on Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump isn’t asking Congress to do much these days. In fact, it often seems like he’d rather he didn’t have to bother with the legislative branch at all.
www.cnn.com
July 2, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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...
It's cruel, it will harm vulnerable Americans, and the public absolutely HATES it
www.cnn.com/2025/06/20/p...
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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.
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.
Lisa Murkowski talks to the press shortly after she voted, quietly, “aye” on Trump’s tax bill. She said she hopes the House and Senate go to conference to improve it and called her vote “agonizing.”
July 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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.
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.
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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.
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.
June 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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.
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.
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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...
Medicaid cuts will harm rural Republican communities most
Trump’s budget will actively harm the health and incomes of rural communities and Republican voters, well beyond those who themselves are enrolled in Medicaid.
thehill.com
June 30, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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...
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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.
That is profoundly unfair.
June 29, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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.
That is profoundly unfair.
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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...
@centeronbudget.bsky.social
How many GOP Senators who will vote for it think this is a good idea?
www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
Senate Republicans Can Still Abandon Disastrous, Rushed Reconciliation Bill | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
The Senate is barreling toward a vote on a still-not-finished bill that would take away health coverage and food assistance from millions of people who need it, raise families’ costs, and make a large...
www.cbpp.org
June 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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...
@centeronbudget.bsky.social
How many GOP Senators who will vote for it think this is a good idea?
www.cbpp.org/press/statem...
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“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.
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.
"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...
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...
Opinion | The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill
www.nytimes.com
June 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
“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.
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.
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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.
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.
“the legislation appears on track to cut Medicaid by about 18 percent and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) by roughly 20 percent” www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
Senate GOP tax bill includes largest cut to U.S. safety net in decades
The Senate Republican tax bill speeding to passage includes the biggest reduction of funding for the federal safety net since at least the 1990s.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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.
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...
First, the bill is already VERY unpopular
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Ordinary Republicans hate Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"—once they know what it does
Solid support turns to strong opposition, a new Yale study shows.
www.motherjones.com
June 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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...
First, the bill is already VERY unpopular
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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"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."
June 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
"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."
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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
Ordinary Republicans hate Trump's "Big, Beautiful Bill"—once they know what it does
Solid support turns to strong opposition, a new Yale study shows.
www.motherjones.com
June 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
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
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When Republican voters learn that the "Big Beautiful Bill" takes from the poor to give to the rich, they oppose it.
June 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
When Republican voters learn that the "Big Beautiful Bill" takes from the poor to give to the rich, they oppose it.
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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...
Opinion | The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 12:44 PM
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...
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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...
Opinion | The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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...
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"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...
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...
Opinion | The Four Ugliest Points About the Big Beautiful Bill
www.nytimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 2:41 PM
"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...
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.”
June 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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.”