How Believable is Donald Trump's Denial he's not Behind Project 2025?
Quick & Dirty Review of What Trump & Elon Appear to be Planning - Especially #2 & 5
November 3, 2024 / U.S. Government & Politics / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz.
Project 2025 was put together by a group, of very conservative, right wing groups working in concert. This includes, according to a CNN report, 140 Trump affiliates, of which more than a dozen played some role in the first Trump Administration.
To see this yourself, visit https://www.project2025.org.
1. They say they want to secure the border, but when a bi-partisan bill was generally agreed upon by both parties in both houses and ready to be passed into legislation, they / Trump nixed it, so Trump could use it as a campaign issue against Joe Biden. This is just a gimmick, because if they really wanted it, they could have had it over six months ago. As for deporting over 10 million immigrants who are already here ... think long and hard about what that looks and feels like - not just here, but abroad. It will probably look and feel a bit like the Nazis rounding up the Jews, back in the 1930's.
This is a nation of immigrants, and we should be happy that so many people are willing to pick up, and move themselves, to live and work here. In 2023 the U.S. had a population growth of just 1.2%, so we need immigrants to help power the labor force, help pay our retirements, and help pay our national debt. When we no longer look like a destination to move peoples' lives to, we're going to be in big trouble. And deporting over 10 million people, many of whom grew up here, really isn't thinking this thing through.
2. They want to 'de-weaponize the Federal Government by increasing accountability and oversight' of the FBI and Justice Department. Both agencies are already managed by the Executive Branch of government, and monitored and funded by the Senate and Congress. Specifically, the Senate and House both hold hearings, review agency policies, monitor agency enforcement, oversee agency functions, and perhaps most importantly is that they have the power of the purse in terms of reviewing appropriations. So the question here is - TO WHOM - do they want to make them accountable? The answer is to the very rich people who are supporting Trump, like Elon Musk.
It appears to me that they should reword this demand to reflect what they really want, which is to defang / cripple federal law enforcement.
3. Unleash American energy and reduce American energy prices. This is their way of saying 'drill baby, drill'. They don't want more clean energy, they want more dirty energy, by deregulating the oil industry, What we should be doing is taxing this cash cow [fossil fuels] out of existence, and refunneling the higher taxes into clean energy incentives, to accelerate the transition to powering society cleanly, before we run down the clock and it's too late.
4. 'Cut the growth of the federal government to reduce inflation'. First take note that the last time Donald Trump was president, he significantly increased government spending, and super-sized the national debt from $20 trillion to $28 trillon - breaking all records by a landslide. So quite frankly, this is simply not believable.
What makes this statement even more of a lie is that the inflation they plan to reduce is currently running at 2.1%, which isn't much different from the Federal Reserve's target rate of 2.0%. So maybe they want to take credit for reducing inflation, but reducing inflation any more than the Biden Administration already has would probably not be good, as 2% is the Federal Reserve's target rate for a smooth running economy.
Also recognize that inflation was a worldwide phenomenon caused by the pandemic, because worldwide production slowed / stopped for CoVid. Consumers and businesses began to bid up the prices of the things that had already been produced that were available, because they didn't know when production would resume. And after production recommenced, then the international shipping carriers and ports had to catch up on the back orders. Today, all of that has long been sorted out, which is why current inflation, using last month's reading was 2.1%. Again, not believable.
5. Make the bureaucrats more responsible to the President and Congress. They already are.
But this is where the hard right and Elon Musk, emasculate the federal government and make it work for them, and them only. Pushing the pain and hardship as far as the American people will tolerate, without rising up and taking to the streets in rebellion.
I don't have time to do #6 and #7, which are [#6] to move control and funding of education to the states [Education of a society is very complicated, so I haven't the time to properly address this, but local governments and states are already mostly in charge of education, and the Federal Government incentivizes programs and curricula they think are in the national interest [like math & science] which local schools may or may not participate in], and [#7] ban biological males from competing in women's sports [don't know enough about this, except to say that local institutions, if they clearly define who may participate on sports teams, should be able to manage this issue. This as a major point of Project 2025 vis-a-vis the other points, seems more designed to be an attack on the hot button issue of gender identity].
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How Believable is Donald Trump's Denial he's not Behind Project 2025?
Quick & Dirty Review of What Trump & Elon Appear to be Planning - Especially #2 & 5
November 3, 2024 / U.S. Government & Politics / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz. Continued.
TV News is Why this is a Close Race - Too Many TV Viewers are Uninformed
Is the Conservative Right Wing Agenda Good or Bad for Americans? Elon Musk Cuts
I know some people may think that Project 2025 is a good thing. But the reality of doing things this radical, without first building a real consensus, isn't likely to be a good thing.
Especially when they appear to be planning to throw so many naturalized American government workers out of work [Elon Musk who is not a naturalized citizen, estimates he can cut $2 TRILLION worth of government salaries, government projects and government payments to the American people] out of the federal budget. I can almost guarantee that none of the things that Elon Musk owns / controls, will suffer any cuts, unless Elon agrees to it.
A taste of Elon Musk's equitability. Elon's $56 BILLION Tesla pay package, approved in 2018, was the largest pay package given to a CEO ever. It is currently under review by a Delaware Judge, as it appears to be unfair to shareholders [what about the other ompany employees?]. And while Musk is awarded a $56 billion pay package by the Tesla Board, which is a company where he is the top individual shareholder, he doesn't want to share any of that wealth with the people who work for him, via union pay. It's worth noting that $56 billion [Musk's pay package] divided by the worldwide workforce of Tesla [which is 122,000] is equal to $459,000 / worker. So, Musk's company / Board thought it best to pay only him $56 billion, instead of sharing the wealth, which could have been awarded to each Tesla worker at a rate of $459,000 per worker. Instead, Elon and the Board fight against unionization, so they don't have to pay their employees a better / more comfortable living / union wage.
If Musk becomes Trump's efficiency expert, those kinds of 'efficiencies' - which are really just inequities - are likely to grow. Musk has already told the Press, that Americans should brace for 'economic hardship', should he be awarded a position in the Trump Administration. But one thing you can absolutely sure of, is that Elon Musk will not be sharing in the economic hardship, and more likely just the opposite.
It seems like what they are planning, is to install a new American royalty, who will preside over the rest of us - not unlike 'the royalty' of other nations like Vladimir Putin in Russia, Xi Jin Ping in China and Kim Jong Un in North Korea.
Should we Trust Donald Trump not to Cut Social Security and Medicare?
Trump says he'll protect Social Security and Medicare, but during his first term the Washington Post counted over 30,000 Trump lies, deceits or falsehoods. So do you really want to trust him on this?
Also see our earlier report that provides a bit more detail on Trump cheating on his wives, allegedly cheating an unfathomable number of small business contractors who performed work for his company, defrauded banks and insurers by inflating the value of his assets, didn’t pay taxes for 10 of 15 years according to the NYT, allegedly defrauded Trump University participants, ruined a number of companies by running them into financial trouble including Trump Airline and the Taj Mahal Casino which he bankrupted twice, oftentimes leaving his investors with cents on the dollar and the FBI caught and booked Trump for laundering money through the Taj Mahal casino for one and a half years [I think Russians were involved],
Donald Trump is the quintessential flim flam man, but TV News doesn't report this. Are those fast moving TV News teams that they show in their ads ignorant, afraid or just not interested doing the real work to report real news? They seem to be acting like they're reporting real news, instead of actually doing it.
Hunting Down, Tearing Families Apart & Deporting Ten(s) of Millions of Immigrants
Add to that confusion, the Trump plan to deport somewhere between 11 [CBS News 10.17.24] and 20 million [Guardian 10.23.24] immigrants, by hunting them down, tearing them away from their families, many of whom are full citizens, and doing so at a cost of $20 billion per million deportations, so possibly at a cost that could approach a half trillion.
Will Trump Really Appointing Anti-Vaxer RFK, Jr. to Run the Department of Health and Human Services?
Trump's new little buddy, RFK Jr. [a sad footnote to a storied American family's legacy], reportedly has been promised the stewardship of America's Health agencies, should Trump get elected. RFK, Jr. said he already has tentative approval to immediately remove anti-cavity flouride from all U.S. water. This seems a good policy if they are looking to stimulate business for dentists, but it will significantly increase the cost of American healthcare. RFK, Jr. was also reported to be one of the big anti-vaxers during the CoVid pandemic.
Thank You for doing your Election Homework - Please Vote this Tuesday
If Musk and Trump win, they are likely to live like Kings, while many of the rest of us will, as Elon Musk has warned, suffer "economic hardship". But before all this happens, Trump must first win this election. So, please do your civic duty and vote.
Tuesday, November 5, 2024 from 6 am to 9 pm - Election / Voting - For details see - https://www.nycvotes.org.
