A Mid-Summer Recap of Project 2029
- Project 2029
- Aug 4
- 3 min read
Here's what they're saying about Project 2029's first set of ideas
They call these the “dog days” of summer, but at Project 2029 we’re not slowing up at all. Even while we are getting ready to release new ideas on health care, housing, AI, and more in the coming months, this is a good chance to take a quick look back at our progress over just the past few weeks.
So far this summer we’ve released the first three of what will be dozens of ideas over the next year–and the response has been immediate. We’re briefing potential 2028 presidential candidates, policymakers, and journalists, ensuring we drive the conversation not only today but over the next two years as we shape the next president’s governing agenda.
Opposing the destructive MAGA agenda is important – but it’s not enough. That’s why Project 2029 is dedicated to showing Americans the path to a better future and to laying the groundwork so that our next President is ready to deliver on the problems Americans face in their everyday lives.
Here’s a quick rundown on how the early set of Project 2029 ideas are already shaping the debate.
First, our innovative Child Care Choice Guarantee plan was widely covered including smart stories in Bloomberg and NOTUS:
Bloomberg: The Project 2029 proposal bridges a gap between progressive and conservative ideas about how to make raising children more affordable: liberals tend to embrace government-sponsored daycare options, while conservative solutions have focused on child-care tax credits or other financial measures.
NOTUS: Elliot Haspel, a child and family policy expert and a senior fellow at the think tank Capita who has written extensively about child care frameworks, said that type of proposal is probably the most likely to offer many options to working parents who come from different types of households. “Only recently have we seen Democrats start to talk more about the idea of, ‘We need to support families that have stay-home parents, we need to fully support families that want to use a grandparent or want to use a neighbor to provide child care,’” Haspel said.
Second, the Pew Research Center surveyed Americans on elements of our plan to protect kids online (Kids Over Clicks) and found widespread support across lines of age and party:
The Kids Over Clicks plan to help parents and teachers protect vulnerable children has received wide support from experts and electeds:
Governor Mikie Sherrill: “I have four children and know firsthand what’s happening to our kids online...Kids Over Clicks illustrates the kind of comprehensive, evidence-based policy blueprint we need the next administration to prioritize. Washington has been on the sidelines long enough—and every day they stay there, another kid pays the price.”
Jonathan Haidt: “We over-protected children in the real world and under-protected them online. Since 2012, the results are undeniable—skyrocketing anxiety, depression, loneliness. Not by accident. Deliberate design choices by companies that knew what they were doing. So now we’re at the tobacco moment. The lawsuits are succeeding. Public support is overwhelming. Kids Over Clicks has the roadmap—age restrictions, safety-by-design, phone-free schools, AI accountability, end surveillance ads. No more excuses.”
Senator Cory Booker: “This blueprint offers several serious ideas for how to rein in these harmful practices, promote more responsible technology, and better protect kids online.”
Finally, our plan for Cracking Down on the Annoyance Economy was covered extensively on NPR Planet Money:
The Project 2029 proposal that immediately caught our attention was the one to take on the Annoyance Economy. The Annoyance Economy is a catch-all term referring to a slew of frustrating business practices that waste our time and money. Think hidden fees that appear only at checkout. Jumping through hoops to cancel a subscription. Mind-numbing insurance paperwork to get your health insurer to pay a claim. Waiting on hold for an hour. Robocalls. Spam texts. Feckless AI phone agents who make you miss even the rudest human support agents.
As a Newsweek opinion piece put it:
The Annoyance Economy persists because companies profit from it and because politicians have long treated it as a second-tier issue. It doesn’t have to be. For enterprising politicians making the case that government can be a force for good in ordinary life, this is a no brainer. It’s popular, it’s actionable and, frankly, it’s long overdue.
