From the LA Times.. The Heritage Foundation's target : empower an autocratic executive branch by reinstating the spoils system, making nearly all appointees those now on civil service status, subject to the approval of the president. Conservative groups draw up plan to dismantle U.S. government - Los Angeles Times (latimes.com) In addition, among the coalition participants in forming their Project 25 plans are goals to set up Christianity as the national religion, ending the separation of church and state, which has been key to avoiding the pitfalls of state-sanctioned conflict in a diverse population.
Welcome to the end of the democracy we have known as they try to make this a one-party autocracy. It is a powerful tool to put control of the president, the ultimate Maga dream. The balance of power and checks and balances among the three branches of government, judicial, executive, and legislative, are the keystones of the Constitution, a heritage that has kept the US from becoming a kingdom or an autocracy. It is that heritage the ironically named Heritage Foundation wants to upend.
The civil service was created for one reason: to rid the government of the corrupting spoils system. Imagine in the executive branch was run like a correct city boss who demanded loyalty to him in both "judgment calls" and in awarding contracts only to loyalists. Merit and competency are no longer key to hiring, firing, or advancement. The measure would favor those who are loyal to the "boss". Those who refused to go along with the corruption would be subject to firing. The Project 25, the coalition of right wing groups led by Heritiage Foundation also has the goal to destroy the separation of church and state but to make this a "Christian nation". This is what the Heritage Foundation has in store for us. It is absolutely the most corrupt form of government.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/project-2025-heritage-foundation-christian-nationalism-rcna103510
Update: 9/17/23 How does it happen a minority of extremists can hold such power in the first place? Some of it is due to the structure of democracy institutionalized in the Constitution. ‘Tyranny of the Minority’ writers say Constitution not strong enough to protect democracy | PBS NewsHour
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