The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is described on its website to be the plan for the next conservative president of the U.S.
“The time is short, and Conservatives need a plan,” according to Project2025.org, the website dedicated to educating people about The Conservative Promise.
The Presidential Transition Project, more commonly known as Project 2025, was started by the The Heritage Foundation and is a collection of policies written by over 400 scholars dedicated to changing the U.S. government when the next conservative president gets elected. These policies relate to the security of the southern border, education, de-weaponizing the federal government, energy prices, LGBTQ+ issues and inflation rates. The authors intend for this project to be initiated in the first 180 days of the next Republican president’s administration.
Their 180-day plan is in place to provide “quick relief to Americans suffering from the Left’s devastating policies,” according to Project2025.org.
Details of their plans are depicted in the book “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise.” The book is split into five sections: Section 1: Taking the Reins of the Government; Section 2: The Common Defense; Section 3: The General Welfare; Section 4: The Economy; and Section 5: Independent Regulatory Agencies. Each section has multiple subtopics that discuss specific agencies and departments that will be changed to fit the ideals of Project 2025.
If Project 2025 is instated by the government, there will be changes throughout the country. The project details multiple ideas that would possibly affect the Kaneland community.
Agriculture is prominent in the towns that make up the Kaneland school district. Project 2025 suggests changes to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Under the Project’s guidance, the USDA would have less control over the production and distribution of farm products. The Heritage Foundation is suggesting this to allow more choices to farmers and people in agricultural jobs. They believe that even with taking power from the USDA, agriculture will continue to be a stable part of America’s economy.
“The federal government does not need to transform the food system or develop a national plan to intervene across the supply chain,” Daren Bakst wrote in his subtopic of Section 3: The General Welfare titled Department of Agriculture. “Instead, it should respect American farmers, truckers and everyone who makes the food supply chain so resilient and successful.”
The Heritage Foundation’s plans with health services involve Congress inducting a conservative Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to apply these changes for them. This particular subtopic has multiple goals to accomplish in the next Republican administration. Two of these goals are to maintain bodily integrity and protect life.
“The Secretary must ensure that all HHS programs and activities are rooted in deep respect for innocent human life from day one until natural death: Abortion and euthanasia are not health care,” author of the Department of HHS subtopic Roger Severino wrote.
Another goal for the HHS is to be prepared for the next nationwide health emergency. They believe the 2020 pandemic was handled incorrectly under 46th President Joe Biden. The Heritage Foundation wants to create guidelines for a more effective plan in case another health crisis arrives.
“The federal government’s public health apparatus has lost the public’s trust,” Severino wrote. “Before the next national public health emergency, this apparatus must be fundamentally restructured.”
On Project2025.org, there’s an opportunity for young politicians and scholars to train to be able to implement Project 2025 if it ever takes effect. This schooling would be a way to introduce younger citizens to their idea of education under Project 2025.
If implemented, The Heritage Foundation would try to eliminate the federal Department of Education. They believe it is better for education to be put into the hands of parents and students. The mandate focuses mostly on private and charter schools, primarily putting their attention on those instead of public schools.
“Federal education policy should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated,” Lindsey M. Burke wrote in her subtopic of Section 3: The General Welfare titled Department of Education. “When power is exercised, it should empower students and families, not [the] government.”
