Question about project 2025
How will it affect Executive Branch agencies?
Answer
It seems very likely that "Project 2025" would see most executive branch agencies as barriers to its agenda, or even as threats to be controlled and reshaped. The platform proposes dismantling government programs and redistributing wealth away from those who are most in need. It may likely eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency because it could hinder the effort to reduce environmental protections, as the platform might be likely to prefer a weaker regulatory structure that puts profit over the planet and the people who live on it. "Project 2025" could aim to drastically reduce the Department of Education's funding and its influence. Its efforts might seek to defund public schools and increase the influence of charter schools which would disproportionately benefit whiter, wealthier families. This might likely lead to reduced standards in both teaching quality and student access to an education. Another point worth noting is that "Project 2025" might seek to dissolve and defund agencies like the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau that protect consumers from predatory practices and ensure their rights aren't trampled on. It's critical to note that as a general rule, any agency or program that functions to ensure the needs of disabled people, Black people, LGBTQ+, women, or children are likely to be targeted for gutting and possibly even abolition if this platform comes to fruition. The playbook calls for replacing government agencies with private or unregulated organizations. "Project 2025" might take a number of steps toward this objective, and the process would include using federal dollars and the Department of Education's funding for a greater focus on privatization programs such as charter schools. Another possible move is to work to weaken unions to make it easier for corporations to replace labor protections. The "Project 2025" document may seek to undermine Medicare and possibly abolish it completely by encouraging reliance on more vulnerable and cost-shifting private programs, so that those without healthcare could find themselves at an increased risk for a reduced quality of care, with higher costs and a poorer quality of treatment for some.