Why such a hullabaloo over Heritage’s Project 2025?
Posted By RichC on September 22, 2024
The number of times that the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 has come up in conversation recently had me interested to know just what is so good or evil about it. To even have Former President Donald Trump declare he “hasn’t read it or even cares to know what is in it,” yet it still has far-left progressives and the Harris/Walz campaign all up in arms about a think-tank policy proposal. It had me intrigued enough to research a little bit … and also let AI do some light summary work.
Project 2025 Summary
Project 2025 is a comprehensive plan to reshape the U.S. federal government, established in April 2022. Led by the Heritage Foundation, the initiative aims to implement the agenda and ideologies of former President Donald Trump. The project’s primary objectives are:
- Dismantle the Administrative State: Eliminate the independence of federal agencies, such as the Department of Justice, FBI, Federal Communications Commission, and Federal Trade Commission, and place them directly under presidential control.
- Restore Family Values: Emphasize the importance of family as the foundation of American life.
- Defend National Sovereignty and Borders: Strengthen border security and national defense.
- Secure Individual Rights: Protect God-given individual rights to live freely.
The project’s flagship publication, “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” (2023), outlines policy suggestions from over 400 scholars and experts. Key proposals include:
- Eliminating the National Flood Insurance Program and replacing it with private insurers.
Placing the entire federal bureaucracy under direct presidential control, a concept known as “unitary executive theory.”
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