Project 2025 Episode 5: Reaganomics Returns, and Workers Pay the Price

What if Project 2025 isn't about helping working Americans get ahead, but making it easier for the wealthy to stay on top? More than 40 years after Ronald Reagan championed trickle-down economics, Project 2025 proposes labor policy changes that could shift even more financial benefits toward businesses while leaving workers with fewer protections. In Episode 5 of our Project 2025 investigation, Fiercely Independent examines how proposed changes to overtime calculations and independent contractor classifications could affect millions of working Americans. We examine the extraordinary disparity between CEO compensation and worker pay, then connect these labor proposals to the broader Project 2025 agenda involving education, reproductive healthcare, and economic opportunity. The central question: What happens to the American Dream when the people doing the work struggle to climb the economic ladder, while those already at the top continue accumulating wealth? This isn't just about Reaganomics. It's about who benefits, who pays the price, and whether working families will still have a fair chance to get ahead. Subscribe to Fiercely Independent for the rest of our Project 2025 investigative series. Stay Fierce. Stay Independent. #Project2025 #Reaganomics #TrickleDownEconomics #WorkersRights #OvertimePay #EconomicInequality #WorkingClass #AmericanDream #FiercelyIndependent