WHO: The Working Class

HOW: Under Project 2025, several policies could heavily impact the working class, affecting their wages, taxes, benefits, and workplace protections. 

The project suggests reducing corporate taxes further from 21% to 18% and simplifying individual taxes into a two-bracket system (15% and 30%). This restructuring would likely increase the tax burden for middle-income families, who could see annual tax hikes of around $3,000, while the wealthy enjoy significant cuts. Additionally, the proposed replacement of income taxes with a high-value-added tax (VAT) could raise prices for essentials like food and healthcare, disproportionately impacting lower-income households who spend a larger share of their income on necessities​
Project 2025 advocates for rolling back labor protections, which could lead to suppressed wages, expanded child labor, and obstacles for workers attempting to unionize. Policies allowing more employer control over worker conditions may exacerbate exploitation risks, undermining job security and fair compensation for working-class individuals​
The plan also proposes cuts in social welfare programs and public health benefits, which may include reducing or eliminating unemployment benefits and work support programs. This could place additional financial strain on low-income families and individuals relying on these resources​
Project 2025's agenda represents a shift towards policies that critics argue will consolidate benefits for corporations and the wealthy while raising costs and reducing support for the working class, potentially deepening economic inequalities in the U.S

WHO: Low-Income Communities and Health Program Beneficiaries

HOW: Reductions in Medicaid and other healthcare programs, as well as potential privatization of agencies like FEMA, are outlined in Project 2025. Reductions in healthcare funding could affect millions of low-income individuals who depend on these services, while privatization of disaster response could lead to inconsistent support during crises, particularly impacting low-income and rural communities vulnerable to natural disasters​

The plan includes deep cuts and restructuring to Medicaid, which would drastically reduce the amount of federal funding available to states. This would likely lead to cuts in essential services, like family planning and disability support, and impose stricter eligibility criteria, making it harder for low-income individuals to access necessary care​. Specifically, the plan proposes changes such as block grants or per capita caps, which provide a fixed amount of funding rather than adjusting based on actual state needs, further exacerbating disparities in states with higher poverty rates​

For children, the proposal could mean the elimination of critical health services, such as early screenings, vaccinations, and treatments for chronic conditions like cancer​

Additionally, there are provisions to impose work requirements for Medicaid eligibility, which could result in families losing coverage, indirectly reducing the health care options available for their children and further destabilizing their economic situation​

These cuts and restructuring efforts could make healthcare unaffordable or inaccessible for millions of individuals, leaving many without crucial services. The consequences would be especially severe for communities already struggling with poverty, as the loss of Medicaid would increase both health risks and financial insecurity

 

 

WHO: Women and Reproductive Rights 

HOW: Project 2025 aims to restrict reproductive healthcare by cutting funding for services related to contraception and abortion, challenging existing healthcare provisions. This may lead to limited access to reproductive healthcare, affecting millions who rely on federal programs like Medicaid. Reproductive rights could face new constraints, making it harder for women to access comprehensive healthcare​. 

Project 2025 also proposes several changes that could negatively impact women experiencing miscarriages. Key provisions in the plan would restrict access to emergency abortion care by rolling back protections under the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which currently requires hospitals to provide necessary abortion care in emergencies. If the plan is implemented, women facing fatal miscarriage complications may be denied timely medical care, especially in states with strict abortion laws. 

Additionally, Project 2025 proposes mandatory reporting of miscarriages and stillbirths, which could lead to surveillance and potential criminalization of pregnancy outcomes. This data collection could be used to investigate women and providers, making it more difficult for individuals to access care without fear of legal consequences.

 

WHO: Immigrant Communities

HOW: Project 2025 suggests policies that tighten immigration controls, increase deportations, and end birthright citizenship. The project outlines expanding immigration enforcement, limiting asylum options, and placing additional restrictions on immigration processes.

Immigrant families may face heightened deportations, leading to family separations, particularly affecting mixed-status families. Restrictions on asylum could make it more challenging for those fleeing violence to find safety in the U.S.​

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WHO: LGBTQ+ Individuals

HOW: The project includes limiting gender-affirming healthcare, particularly for transgender individuals, and advocates for the removal of federal support for programs that promote LGBTQ+ inclusion and rights.

LGBTQ+ individuals, especially trans youth, could lose access to critical healthcare and supportive programs. The proposal to remove federal support for LGBTQ+ rights may lead to reduced legal protections, making it more difficult for LGBTQ+ individuals to combat discrimination in various sectors like employment and education​.

Project 2025 proposes defunding and regulating healthcare providers that offer gender-affirming care, including Planned Parenthood. By framing transgender healthcare as a "social contagion," it suggests banning these services altogether, equating such care with obscenity. Additionally, it would allow institutions and providers to refuse services based on religious objections, limiting access for transgender individuals, particularly those seeking reproductive or transition-related care​.
​ The project targets LGBTQ+ inclusive education, suggesting reforms to prohibit any gender-affirming language or curriculum. For instance, schools would be mandated to use students' birth-assigned pronouns and would disallow chosen names or pronouns that differ from those on birth certificates. This would create an educational environment hostile to LGBTQ+ students and likely increase the risk of bullying and mental health challenges for these students​
Under Project 2025, the federal government would also adopt a narrow, binary definition of "sex," invalidating protections for LGBTQ+ individuals in many spheres, such as employment, housing, and public services. This move is aimed at dismantling recent legal advances for LGBTQ+ rights, including marriage equality, making it harder for transgender and nonbinary individuals to maintain equitable legal standing​

WHO: Federal Workers and the Civil Service

HOW: The project proposes the reinstatement of “Schedule F,” a classification that allows for more political appointees in federal jobs and fewer protections for civil service employees. This measure would allow rapid hiring and firing based on political loyalty.

Federal employees may face job insecurity, politicization of their roles, and a decrease in protections against wrongful termination. This shift could create an environment where federal agencies are staffed based on political allegiance rather than expertise, affecting the delivery of public services​

 

WHO: Native American Communities

HOW: Project 2025 could have several impacts on Native American communities, primarily due to its environmental, economic, and cultural policy shifts. A major component is its proposal to open up more federal lands, including those surrounding sacred Native American sites, for fossil fuel extraction. This would likely end the temporary buffer zone around Chaco Culture National Historical Park, where a moratorium currently prevents oil and gas development within 10 miles of the park. Native American tribes, such as the Navajo, Pueblo, and Hopi, have historically advocated for these protections, citing both the environmental and cultural significance of the area​

Project 2025 also plans to roll back environmental regulations, including protections that address carbon emissions and methane pollution, which disproportionately affect Native communities near industrial sites. Such deregulation would increase the risk of pollution and related health issues in these areas, as Native communities often live in close proximity to fossil fuel infrastructure​

Additionally, the plan proposes reforms to the Department of the Interior, potentially weakening federal oversight and protections on Native lands. The proposal includes moving the American Indian Office out of Washington, D.C., and consolidating tribal issues, which could reduce Native communities' influence over policies affecting their lands and environmental rights​

This policy agenda, if enacted, would increase development on Native lands, weaken pollution controls, and potentially disregard the protection of cultural sites.

 

 

WHO: Environmental Justice and Conservation Groups

HOW: The project aims to cut regulations for environmental protection, reduce the scope of the EPA, and prioritize economic development over environmental concerns. This may lead to increased pollution, reduced protections for public lands, and a rollback of efforts to address climate change, disproportionately affecting communities living near industrial areas who already face higher rates of pollution and health risks​. 

Proposals within Project 2025 call for the privatization of agencies like FEMA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). This would likely decrease the federal government’s role in disaster preparedness and response, putting rural and vulnerable communities at risk during natural disasters.

 

WHO: America

HOW: Project 2025 emphasizes consolidating executive power, giving the president extensive authority over federal agencies and hiring practices. This could potentially lead to a more centralized and politically driven federal government, impacting civil liberties and potentially limiting checks and balances that are crucial to democratic governance​

 

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