Page 5 The Sun Bay Paper November 12, 2024 Project 2025 - The Truth Copyright © SBP Media LLC and Sun Bay Paper All rights reserved. This newspaper or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher. Quote of the Week “Your talent determines what you can do. Your motivation determines how much you’re willing to do. Your attitude determines how well you do it.” — Lou Holtz The Sun Bay Paper PHONE: (239) 267-4000 MAIL: PO Box 471, Sanborn, NY 14132 E-MAILS: production@sunbaypaper.com thesbpmedia@gmail.com WEBSITE & DIGITAL VERSION: www.sunbaypaper.com OWNER/PUBLISHER: J. GARY DILAURA CONTRIBUTORS: RICHARD LUTHMANN, BOBBY MIMMO The information contained in this publication is for educational, general information, and entertainment purposes only and is never intended to constitute medical, financial or legal advice or to replace the personalized care of a primary care practitioner, financial or legal expert Cont. from pg 1 CBS News/Minnesota did fact-checking and determined that the document doesn’t support a national registry of pregnancies as claimed. It does support maintaining abortion statistics, which is already being done by private organizations. Rumors of ‘terminating the constitution,” are false. Rather, Project 2025 expresses its commitment to strengthening self-government, a dominant goal of our constitution. The administrative state has become almost a separate unaccountable branch of government, often churning out heavy-handed rules. Quoting the document: “A more restrained administrative state translates into less control over American’s’ lives.” The governmental restructuring being suggested in Project 2025 adds accountability and brings the administrative state under more control of the president, as originally designated in the Constitution. Some critics make claims about topics never mentioned in the document, such as: ending nofault divorce; ending same-sex marriage; banning contraception; and eliminating unions. However, federal funding of abortions is opposed. There are suggestions to improve ACA policies, but no support for banning it. School lunch programs would be moved to HHS but not ended. There is a suggestion to make lunch programs available based on family income. Regarding Social Security, improvements are suggested, but cutting benefits isn’t mentioned. Raising the retirement age is nowhere advocated. Cutting Medicare benefits is not advocated. There is a call for eliminating Medicare fraud and waste. And remember, Trump has expressed his opposition to cutting Social Security and Medicare. Some claims about the document are correct: supporting federal death penalty enforcement; funding private religious schools; deporting certain illegal immigrants; and increasing arctic drilling. There is a plan to shut down the Department of Education, but it transfers control to state and local governments. Project 2025 is not a threat to democracy. Fascism and dictatorship aren’t promoted. There are no hints of creating a dystopian land such as depicted in “Handmaids Tale,” with fertile women subjected to child-bearing slavery for barren conservative ruling-class women, along with cruel and gruesome discipline. It’s OK if critics disagree. It’s not OK to misrepresent the content of Project 25 or to confuse it with Trump’s policy proposals. Some of its ideas and suggestions will never see the light of day, and some Trump won’t support. There’s much speculation and imagination in most of the criticism. And sadly, there’s a potential for violent overreaction when Project 25 is characterized as a harbinger of something evil such as in the “Handmaid’s” theme. As President, Trump wasn’t a dictator. He’s never been a tyrant, nor will he ever be. Project 2025 is simply a conservative policy document, but not a Christian nationalist playbook. However, it does give a sense of support for community and societal standards, prioritizes strong national defense, emphasizes family-friendly policies, and prefers streamlined government. A modest level of research will uncover the facts about Trump’s policies and Project 2025 and clarifies their similarities and differences. Steve Bakke Visit my website at myslantonthings.com
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