Project 2025’s authoritarian playbook would devastate our veteran community.

Project 2025’s authoritarian playbook would devastate our veteran community. ​

The Project 2025 agenda would:

  1. Cut health coverage for veterans and reduce the quality of care they receive. Many veterans under 65 rely on Medicaid; Project 2025 calls for capping Medicaid funding to states and giving states the power to deny coverage of particular services. (page 467)
  2. Cut benefits for disabled veterans by reducing the number of health conditions that count for getting these benefits. This could mean some veterans might lose their benefits, and others who haven’t applied yet might not be able to get them at all. (page 649)
  3. Make it easier for scammers to prey on veterans by abolishing the CFPB, which helps protect veterans from financial scams and fraud. Veterans are top targets for claim sharks, identity theft, loans scams, and investment fraud, and since 2011, the CFPB has handled over 400,000 complaints from service members. The agency has also recovered $183 million for veterans who were harmed by these violations. (page 838)
  4. Exacerbate veteran homelessness by eliminating the “Housing First” policies that have helped thousands of homeless veterans get housing, drug treatment, and mental health care. Since 2008, this program has provided housing for over 81,000 veterans and could help 35,000 more. (page 509)
The number of veterans experiencing homelessness rose slightly even before the coronavirus pandemic

Source – Military Times

  1. Fire thousands of veteran civil servants: Project 2025 calls for the President to be able to fire thousands of federal workers who have served across administrations of both political parties. Veterans make up ~30% of the federal workforce, so mass firings of federal workers would mean firing many veterans, including: VA healthcare staff, CBP officers, national park service rangers, and DOD civilian employees. (page 535)

Veterans have served our country patriotically and deserve to be treated like the heroes they are. Project 2025 is the “worst case” scenario for veterans.