For decades, the American economy has worked brilliantly—for those at the very top. Corporate profits have soared, executive compensation has skyrocketed, and middle-class families have seen their wages stagnate and their benefits evaporate.
The system isn’t broken, but too often rewards extraction over productive value creation. Project 2029 restores fair competition and broad opportunity through Rational National Self-Interest.
Project 2029 is a proposal to build a society where every individual has the hope and the tools to improve their own lives by helping themselves and others at the same time. We hold the individual as sovereign, believing that when people are empowered to flourish as citizens, they naturally strengthen society as a whole.
It is a win-win scenario that only requires a working government system to sustain. While the U.S. Constitution provides a brilliant foundation, nearly 250 years of history have revealed gaps that must be addressed to protect our future. This mandate is our proposal for how to bridge those gaps and restore a system that works for every American. It is based on the “Maintenance” of our greatest national asset: You.
We invest in social programs not because they are merely “nice,” but because they are profitable for the nation and reduce systemic risk. This is a framework for durable, rules-based prosperity:
While this project provides a technical blueprint for the federal government, the true restoration of America begins in your neighborhood.
American democracy is built on its local offices—School Boards, City Councils, Sheriffs, and County Commissions. Currently, many of these seats go uncontested.
By running on a Project 2029 Local Platform, you can start building local resilience against extraction and corruption right now.
For more information, see our Local Mandate Strategy. Ready to run? Start with the Local Candidate Toolkit.
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An accessible, conversational overview of the policy agenda written for public engagement. Explains complex policies in plain language with examples and analogies.
Read the We The People Edition →For policy makers, researchers, legal scholars, and detailed analysis
Complete technical documentation with full legal authority analysis, constitutional assessments, risk evaluations, implementation timelines, and extensive citations. Organized into 10 detailed sections.
Read the Technical Edition →This bold policy agenda includes:
Twelve Acts of Reconstruction: Comprehensive legislative agenda to permanently transform American governance—covering healthcare (public option), taxation (progressive reform), workers’ rights (federal job guarantee), electoral reform (ranked-choice voting), institutional integrity (structural sanitation and IC oversight), digital governance and AI, strategic energy and green industry, law enforcement (national training standards with psychological screening and accountability database), education (universal pre-K and free college), government transparency, and infrastructure investment
Emergency Stabilization Measures: Temporary executive actions (Days 1-180) to restore enforcement of existing laws, break regulatory capture, and prepare the ground for legislative reconstruction—including antitrust enforcement, tax compliance restoration, healthcare enrollment, and transparency initiatives
Institutional Restoration Framework: Strengthening checks and balances across all three branches of government, protecting independent watchdogs (Inspectors General), preserving judicial independence, and ensuring no president—regardless of party—can ignore the law
Fiscal Responsibility: Scenario-based fiscal modeling shows $1.055T-$1.735T in annual revenue/savings and $840B-$1.29T in annual costs, ranging from a -$235B worst-case deficit (86% below current) to a +$895B annual surplus
International Evidence: Successful implementations from 30+ countries demonstrating these policies work
Success Metrics: Measurable goals and public accountability framework—success defined by laws passed and institutional safeguards established, not executive orders signed
Strengthening checks and balances, protecting independent watchdogs, ensuring no branch can abuse power.
Progressive taxation, labor rights, antitrust enforcement, federal job guarantee.
Universal coverage, public health insurance option, drug price negotiation.
Campaign finance reform, voting rights protection, ranked-choice voting.
National training standards, psychological screening, use-of-force protocols.
Universal pre-K, free public college, K-12 funding equity.
Open data, FOIA expansion, whistleblower protection.
This is a living document. Both versions are regularly updated with new research, refined proposals, and community feedback.
Last updated: February 2026