Amid intense media scrutiny, the Guardian reported tax and legal issues affecting Moore including underpaying alimony to his ex-wife. In May 2019, Moore withdrew from consideration for a seat at the Fed. In his statement, Carrk also accused Moore of “belittling women and people of color”. The three authors identify social security as a program relevant to treasury reform, including it in “issues of concern” that “cut across multiple parts of treasury or other governmental agencies”.Įlsewhere, Jonathan Berry, who was chief counsel to the Trump transition in 2016-17 and led the regulatory section of the Department of Labor in the Trump administration, notes the potential for privatisation of social security, writing: “Existing statutory language in the Social Security Act does not prohibit non-public organisations from administering the programme.” Moore’s co-authors are William L Walton, a private equity investor, and David R Burton, an economic policy expert. Nonetheless, as other chapters recommend rolling back LGBTQ+ rights or dismantling climate policy, so the chapter co-authored by Moore says a Trump treasury should eliminate policies attributed to Biden including the “racist ‘equity’ agenda” and the “economically destructive and ineffective climate-related financial-risk agenda”. Legal sources and sources close to the presidential transition have said extreme actions proposed under Project 2025 are unlikely to happen swiftly, should Trump or another Republican take office, given existing guardrails in and around the federal bureaucracy. In the words of Paul Dans, its director, Project 2025 aims to prepare “a new army, aligned, trained, and essentially weaponised conservatives ready to do battle against the deep state”.Īccording to a conspiracy theory championed by Trump’s ally and adviser Steve Bannon – though Bannon reportedly said the “deep-state conspiracy theory is for nutcases” – the deep state consists of bureaucrats, government functionaries and intelligence operatives, all working to thwart Trump’s agenda. He added: “Yes, I am strongly in favor of cutting tax rates to make American economy No 1.”īy its own description, Project 2025 is the work of “a broad coalition of over 70 conservative organisations”, brought together by the Heritage Foundation and aiming to shape the presidential transition should a Republican win election this year. Moore advocates mandatory 401k accounts, in place of social security. That would give seniors benefits that would net three to five times higher.” Responding to Carrk, Moore said by email: “Actually I favor higher social security benefits with personal accounts. Moore remains loyal to Trump but in the past has advocated for privatising social security, which he has called a “ Ponzi scheme”, and told students they should march on the Capitol and burn their social security cards. Joe Biden has said he “will not cut a single social security or Medicare benefit”. His last opponent for the Republican presidential nomination, the former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, says she wants to reform it. Recognising such support, Trump has pledged to “always protect social security” should he return to power. Like other welfare programmes such as Medicare, social security is a longstanding target of the US right but also something of a third rail for politicians of either party, given public support. Moore, Carrk said, had “dedicated his career to slashing social security benefits and taxes for billionaires”.
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