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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But more importantly, they should vote "NO" on this horrendous and cruel piece of legislation because it's the right thing to do...

Republican members of Congress should take note

Republicans who voted to "repeal and replace" the Affordable Care Act in 2017 were more likely to lose reelection than their co-partisans who voted "No"

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

You can read more about this in a soon-to-be updated Working Paper we published @equitablegrowth.bsky.social

equitablegrowth.org/working-pape...

Moreover, majorities of all groups (Democrats, Independents, EVEN Republicans) who learned about distributional effects of the bill said they would be LESS likely for their senator in the future if they were to vote YES on the budget bill

Even Republicans who learned about the regressivity of the bill became overwhelmingly opposed

61 percent of Republicans in this group opposed the bill, with less than one-quarter supporting

But among those who learned about how regressive the bill is, opposition increased drastically, to 78 percent

In fact, opposition outnumbered support by a ratio of 7 to 1!

@jacobhacker.bsky.social and I found similar results in a recent survey we conducted, examining Americans' attitudes towards the GOP's budget bill

Among those who were asked directly for their opinions, opposition already outpaced support by nearly 20 percentage points

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.

And if you would like to learn more about what is exactly in the so-called "Big Beautiful Bill," what makes it so regressive, and why it could even get worse, check out our recent policy report, also published at @equitablegrowth.bsky.social

equitablegrowth.org/congressiona...

In addition to the linked article above, you can also read more on the survey in a Working Paper we published with the great folks at @equitablegrowth.bsky.social

equitablegrowth.org/working-pape...

Whereas Republican support for the the bill in our control condition strongly outnumbered opposition, opposition dominates support in our treatment group - with Republicans opposing the GOP budget bill by a nearly 3:1 margin.

We also examined how the effects of this information varied by respondents' political affiliation.

Opposition increased for all groups (Dems, Independents, Reps) who received information on the bill's regressivity.

However, the effects of this information were largest among Republicans