Tax breaks are not immortal – but that doesn’t mean comprehensive tax reform is easy

Tax reform does not lack for supporters on both sides of the aisle in Congress, but despite this, it continues to be a difficult proposition. While many believe that tax breaks are especially durable, in new research, Jake Haselswerdt finds that, this is not borne out by the evidence. In fact, a tax break is more than four times more likely to be eliminated than a non-tax program. He argues that while individual tax breaks, particularly those that benefit businesses and the wealthy, are relatively short lived, more comprehensive reform to eliminate a number of tax breaks may be much harder, especially if it takes on the more durable tax breaks that benefit the middle class

The Politics of Personal Crisis: How Life Disruptions Shape Political Participation

Abstract: Economic risk and instability are urgent and central facts in the lives of increasing numbers of Americans. Though experienced as “personal,” the causes of life disruptions like unemployment, eviction, and loss of health insurance are also deeply political. In this paper, we build on existing “single crisis” studies to offer a comprehensive theoretical and empirical picture of how life disruptions shape political behavior. We use several large surveys to show that personal crises generally dampen turnout but sometimes spur other political acts. We also find that highly politicized crises (such as those related to COVID) boost all forms of participation. Our findings speak to the importance of considering life disruptions in the study of political behavior, particularly in an era when the lives of Americans are especially precarious

Medicaid expansion in Missouri : the rural provider perspective

"Missouri expanded Medicaid in 2020, extending coverage eligibility to an estimated 225,000 - 275,000 Missourians. Many new enrollees live in rural and other health care workforce shortage areas. This study focuses on health care provider availability to care for new Medicaid enrollees."--Introduction

Ideology, Information, and Social Welfare Preferences：A Conjoint Experiment

Research Questions A. Whether negative information (policy vulnerabilities) depresses support for programs in the submerged state and traditional welfare programs, and if so, whether these responses are conditioned by political ideology. B. Whether the effects of negative information are different for citizens’ attitudes toward submerged state and traditional welfare programs. C. Whether and how political ideology conditions the effect of information about other policy characteristics, such as program funding source and program time limit, on policy attitudes. D. Whether and how political ideology conditions the effect of policy frames mentioning work and self-sufficiency on policy attitudes

Supplemental Material - Echo Chambers or Doom Scrolling? Homophily, Intensity, and Exposure to Elite Social Media Messages

Supplemental Material for Echo Chambers or Doom Scrolling? Homophily, Intensity, and Exposure to Elite Social Media Messages by Jake Haselswerdt and Jeffrey A. Fine in Political Research Quarterly</p