LETTER: Have you Heard about Project 2025?
July 27, 2024 | By Judi DalyTo the Community:
Project 2025 (as explained by Democracy Forward) is the far-right extremists’ vision for America. It’s a plan that has been formed by politically powerful allies and supporters of Donald Trump that he will implement if he wins in November.
Project 2025 is nearly 1,000 pages! Here are some of the things it calls for:
A national abortion ban, restricting access to birth control and IVF
Cutting wages for working people by eliminating the minimum wage, overtime, and the right to unionize, while increasing taxes on working people and lowering taxes on the wealthy and corporations
Dismantling social safety net programs (Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security)
Redefining the way our society operates by gutting most agencies that Americans rely on, such as the Department of Education, the Department of Homeland Security, the Environmental Protection Agency, and an independent Department of Justice. This means ending programs that address climate change and undermining public education.
Reversing decades of progress for civil rights
Project 2025 is a well-funded (eight-figure) effort of the Heritage Foundation and more than 100 ultra-conservative organizations to enable a future anti-democratic presidential administration to take swift, far-right action in the first 180 days in office. Their goal is to have at least 20,000 loyalists screened and ready to fill federal appointments throughout the government immediately to enact their plans, according to Democracy Forward.
Want to take action to protect democracy? Learn more at redwine.blue/project2025/ then spread the word, tell your friends and family about Project 2025, and come to the next Indivisible Mad River Valley (which includes Waterbury and Duxbury) meeting at 4:30 p.m. on Aug. 1 at the Waitsfield town offices.
Judi Daly
Moretown