Project 2025 on Maritime Policy?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- Project on Maritime Policy?
July 29, 2024
In this episode, Sal Mercogliano - a maritime historian at Campbell University (@campbelledu) and former merchant mariner - discusses the Heritage Foundation Project 2025 report on Maritime Policy.
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2025 Mandate for Leadership
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I've reviewed several parts of the Project 2025 document. Based on the few sections I've read, it is screamingly apparent that the justifications cited for many of the reforms they propose are either flawed or based on complete falsehoods. In other words, it is a political document, not a document based on true operational efficiencies, written by a combination of people who have no expertise or are simply ticking off political points. I mean, they actually want to eliminate NOAA!
That caught my eye, too. They're playing to the chemtrailers.
And they want to completely ban my existence... Which like, im not a fan of
This cannot be understated.
Check out schedule F
Expert civil servants to be replaced with political loyalists.
@@maryeckel9682 Guess who recently started a weather channel? Rupert Murdock started Fox Weather, wouldn't all that NOAA equipment and expertise be a nice gift from Trump to Fox.
Yes! Know how project 2025 agenda will affect you and your family. Vote BLUE
The Heritage Foundation isn’t concerned with the health of the US Merchant Marine. The only reason they care about the Jones Act at all is because Exxon doesn’t like having to pay US workers to ship crude from Alaska to the Lower 48.
EXACTLY!
It’s the only country to have this sort of law. Def needs reform for bigger ships
Nothing good comes from the Heritage Foundation.
"The heritage Foundation is an activist American conservative think tank based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1973, it took a leading role in the conservative movement in the 1980s during the presidency of Ronald Reagan, whose policies were taken from Heritage Foundation studies, including its Mandate for Leadership."
They certainly don’t have the middle class or the poor people in mind only and how they can be exploited 19:36 19:36
Look up what corporate executives belong to the Heritage
Foundation Then you can understand the motivation behind its objectives.
I'm retired 1600Ton Ocean Master Towing and Sail endorsed. You Sir have presented the best options available. I would love for our legislators to listen to you, rather than committees which all look out for their interests, not the Merchant Marine Deck and Engine personel. Thanks Sal.😊
As a technologist, who sees the benefits and drawbacks to the technological revolution being forced on the world… I totally agree with your perspective.
These proposed updates should reflect resilience and stability in the marketplace. What is being sought is an automated management of commodities flows through digital controlled checkpoints, platforms and economic activity taxation schemes (carbon credits).
Heritage foundation absolutely knows what it’s doing. It’s not what any sane person would want but it’s what they want
Because the "heritage" in the 'heritage foundation' is that of CSA and the NSDAP...
@@SonsOfLorgar As a German I can tell you that you are 100% on the money here.
Stay vigilant!
Absolutely! Read the four pillars in the intro and you can see why things that make no sense to traditional economic, energy, defense, etc. policy, it makes more sense. I wouldn't say perfect sense as some of the 2025 policy recommendations are in conflict with each other.
Finally someone said it. This was written by oligarchs they care only about consolidating power in the executive branch and ensuring a maximum influence of billionaires on every facet of the economy. They know exactly what they are doing and really they will get a ton of project 2025 done with this supreme court.
@@bg2w609 I often mock the conservatives by saying "If capitalism, free market economics, and small government are awesome, I should be buying hookers and blow."
Heritage is looking at everything through the lens of politics, and their owners in the petroleum industry. They are more concerned with Wall Street than shipping, and they've demonstrated that they don't have a clue about shipping.
Not just that, the "heritage" in the 'heritage foundation' is that of CSA and the NSDAP...
Heritage Foundation initially didn't like Trump, they loved the RNC swamp. That is why I am skeptical about how much business Trump does with them.
It's because they know they can control him with money and "continued popularity". When he was president some of these authors were members of his cabinet. Let's think about how much influence that is. They want to have this control to push all of their regressive agendas.
@skylinefever And yet he was the keynote speaker at their convention in 2022, and praised them profusely. At least 30 people in his administration were directly connected with Heritage, and about 60% of their Mandate for Leadership got implemented during his term. So when it comes to Heritage, Trumpists are facing a choice: Either he is intimately connected with them and he's lying (again) or he doesn't know how intimately connected he is with them and he's incompetent.
Yes I think they are just using Trump and will make him disappear if he actually wins. I recall Krushchev saying they would get us from within, and sadly they are@skylinefever
Not really shocked that Project 2025 has a problematic maritime policy. This group wants to replace competent federal employees with political lackeys.
I'm not seeing enough competent Civil SERVANTS, are you..?
That should be fixed, by NOT allowing unelected bureaucrats or compromised Civil Servants to continue to decide who gets elected.
That's not a Democracy or even a Constitutional Republic, it's many names, none of which are good for any country (imo).
@@kellikelli4413 Do you think you'll get MORE competent civil servants by allowing politicians from a party with NO ethical standards, just a overwhelming desire for ever greater wealth, to make ALL of the important appointments in the civil service? Are you stark raving mad? It would seem so.
@@kimweaver1252
Obviously u misunderstood my comment...
I said that they've already been implimenting the policy of allowing SELECTED politicians & bureaucrats to run everything, and it's a failure.
I also mentioned that Civil Servants 4get their rolls as the "people's servants" (ie: to SERVE "the people".
@@kellikelli4413 They aren't SERVANTS, they are employees. And who are "they"?.
@@kimweaver1252
Civil SERVANTS... get it... They're supposed to serve us....
But they don't ANYMORE & haven't served the people in many years, they serve the Soros et al "Citizens United" agenda for corporations.... #AlecExposed
Supreme Court debacle ruling > Corporations Are People <
Lobby's wright the laws for politicians to approve, corporations get their representatives into govt to serve themselves at our expense.
It's been going on for years. Agenda 2025 will allegedly have total control by 2025.
But please do some research of your on the subject
"Is not well understood" is an interesting way of saying "I, the author of this paper, do not personally understand this."
It reads like it was written by AI
The same goes the other direction.
People argue with my work all the time because they cannot comprehend it, yet a lack of comprehension on their part does not constitute a lack of my work's ability to be understood.
@@Atmatan Except, this guy who is calling BS is one of the most knowledgeable people in the world.
This group (Project 2025) is great at knowing everything and nothing.
I mean, Trump personally hired more than 75% of the Project 2025 writers as policy making staff but knows none of them and nothing about it?
Dear USA, please look past team style party voting and squash this movement which has infected the GoP. Even if you're conservative, this isn't conservatism. Time to vote for the better of two options
Another way of saying, “I’m just writing sh&t.”
Thank you for mentioning Project 2025. As many people as possible need to know about it.
It's already well underway in many Maga-Republican captured states, like Oklahoma, Texas and Florida. It's absolutely terrifying. Oklahoma state government now calls itself "the agency" 😱
I wouldn't stress about Project 2025. First, it isn't new, it came out in 2022. Second, neither candidate has endorsed it. Trump has his own policy plan, Google Agenda47, and go to the official webpage, straight to the source. I don't know what Kamala's policy plan is yet, but it's safe to say she won't be endorsing it either, lol. Trump has gone on record saying he has nothing to do with it nor will he have anything to do with it.
Yes, thank you. I did not realize the project was so wide in scope.
Heritage foundation throwing out poorly thought out and poorly researched plans forward to the public? Color me unsurprised.
Trump is not interested in Project 2025. This is something the left ( including sal) is trying to sell you.
But all the problems are so simple. Why should they need to do any actual research?
No, it is NOT poorly thought out, they are part of the Trump/Republican coup against this country and it is obvious! They know exactly what they are doing! No one is fooled but YOU!!!
Small budget. These are all good talking points. We need a serious public policy meeting.
“Nobody knew health care could be so complicated” - DJT, 2017. Complex systems dealing with hundreds of thousands of ships, or millions of people, and the varying diverse needs in both cases generally do not lend themselves to simple, one-size-fits-all solutions. Yet we frequently see many politicians who think they can boil it down to a simple solution, and pretend it is simple for the sound bites in our short attention span, 1 hour news cycle modern world.
The Jones act succeeded because it was the product of a slower paced, less divided era where a great deal of intensive thought went into crafting legislation that would encompass and benefit an entire industry in the nation.
It’s telling that organizations like the CATO Institute are clamouring for the replacement of this legislation, the same groups who in the past have sold out American manufacturing to cheaper labour markets, putting millions in the pockets of already rich people and corporations, something which people are finally realizing was terrible policy. Sure it made goods cheaper, but at the expense of immense amounts of decent paying jobs and a serious loss of knowledge. America is now struggling to catch back up to overseas competition in many aspects of manufacturing, especially high tech industries.
After watching your show for over a year.. I’m really starting to suspect there is Something Going On With Shipping..!…
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Me too, almost totally convinced!
😂🙄😂
shipping is changing, the self driving car will also herald the self driving ship. the entire merchant marines going to change in next decade just like the trucking industry. atm its going to be essentially all chinese made electric semi autonomous ships with just a skeleton crew of technicians and a captain/pilot. probably mostly chinese tech's because it will probably all be in chinese pretty quickly
@@hamasmillitant1 not really related to this but a friend of mine is in Shanghai and he was telling me about how most cars, scooters and other modes of transportation are mostly EV’s now and how quite the city is now compared to just 10 years ago. Also how much cleaner the air is now compared to when he was there last.
Bless Sal's heart for thinking they're just stupid, and not that this is exactly what they're trying to do, now that they've sold off all the manufacturing, why not the roads and waterways too? Dismantle everything!
People like this don't care as long as they get theirs, they hardly care about their own kids.
I don't he does entirely. He is a born strategist. The trouble is massive Corporations are funding politics and, surprise(!) influencing policy. That is not new but wow is it getting out of hand, putting true democracy at risk of running parallel. Commercial shipping needs full and proper regulation to suit its needs, including wellbeing of sectors. If its effective regulation is being scuttled by underfunding, it is necessarily weakened. That scenario, anywhere, always come back to bite
Age and wisdom provide the ability to know when to bite ones tongue, and let the facts speak for themselves.
His 'naivete' is part of his character.
Shift all profit to private business in select hands, all expenses get placed under “government budgets” (i.e. tax payer covers the bill for infrastructure, and private interests get all of the profit margins)
Privatize everything except the unprofitable…leave that in government/public sector.
Selling out to Russia. Who do you think would transport LPNG from Alaska?
I’m glad that the specialist RUclips channel creators are looking at 2025. City Nerd is another creator looking at driving and traffic patterns and how they’ll be affected by these proposals.
Thanks for all the information you provide!!!!😊
City Nerd. I must add them to my City Beautiful and Not Just Bikes feeds. I need opposing philosophy's in city planning. Thank you for bringing him to my attention.
Policy 2025 is not endorsed by either Trump or Harris. It was released way back in 2022 and nothing to do with Trump. Both have their own policy agendas. Trump's is available foe the public to view, Google Agenda47 and use the official Agenda47 webpage.
@@ph11p3540 Ray Delahanty (“City Nerd”) is educated as an urban planner. He used to live (and walk) in Portland and Seattle, but now he travels around, trying out different cities in North America and Europe.
It’s a small community, so I think he’s familiar with the creators you mentioned. I like them too, especially “Not Just Bikes.”
@@ph11p3540 The opposing philosophy is designing for cars.
You may want to check out "Road Guy Rob"; though I think he has been orange-pilled lately.
Thanks. I got only 98 pages in where they proposed an extra layer of bureaucrats answering directly to the executive branch on agency expenditures. We already have plenty of that. The agencies are the executive branch.
I nominate Sal for Maritime Secretary.
With the pro-American Kamala Harris administration! There is NOTHING about Trump, the GOP that is for the benefit of America!!
Need an SS Mercogliano.
United States Secretary of Peppy Shirts
In the pro-American Kamala Harris administration!
I second that!
Thank you for shining light on project 2025 in an important area Americans are sadly, poorly informed on.
I have yet to see a single politically neutral expert in any particaular industry describe Project 2025 as anything but an utter disaster in that area except for megaconglomerates in that area or owned by prominent members of the Heritiage Foundation.
Excited to see your review and if anything is different.
😂 your own statement described you as a very opinionated person.
@@EatMyOats except it doesnt. Only in your own mind does it. These are thier words not mine. Go watch Ward Carrols channel on how it will affect the DoD, or City Nerd on how it will affect high density/apartment building and city orientated public transit much less national transit.
Even if I am opinionated. Why does that change in anyway the content and conclusions of a 3rd party expert? It doesnt but it does lay bare your lack of reading comprehension.
@@EatMyOats says the one that got ratioed
It's a rather comprehensive guide to authoritarian statehood
Agreed, but why these bizarre policy suggestions?
@@pro-libertatibus because it is a manifesto written by a bunch of ideologically possessed religious fanatics who want to increase their social credit score plus a bunch of local oligarchs who want to stuff their pockets
Jesus freaks gotta freak…
@@oliverdelaenfield2 I am stealing your phrase 😆
@@pro-libertatibus One of the likely goals of P25 is to get rid of The Jones Act. That action would increase profitability and "flexible" management of goods transportation and vessels in US waters (ocean, lakes & rivers). Management "entities", their employees and suppliers, could, and likely would, be from anywhere else in the world.... and cheaper in most cases. No, or quite low, minimum wages would be paid to crews from the Pacific rim, Sri Lanka, China & Russia, taking US jobs and handing critical infrastructure/national defense supply chain capabilities off to the lowest cost service supplier. Those entities would quickly dominate US ports, rivers and lakes while having no cultural, political, or moral allegiance to The USA. It's "low hanging fruit" to large corporations, but would likely eliminate an entire US industry and actively generate economic and infrastructure vulnerabilities in The USA. Sal is trying his best to bring attention to this.
Being a lifelong learner, but having vowed never to take another test in my eighty year life, I am so grateful for your channel.
What next Heritage - allow foreign airlines and trucking companies to offer point to point service with our borders? No. Hands off of the Jones Act.
And these weird creeps call themselves patriots
The Jones act has gutted interstate maritime shipping, which is about five times more efficient than rail, and done serious economic damage to a huge number of river port towns. And US ship manufacturing collapsed anyway so it hasn't even accomplished it's stated goal.
In some ways that was kind of deliberate, it encouraged international trade to defeat the Soviets at the expense of interstate trade, but it's still one of the dumbest things the US government has ever done.
Smh but them repub's are complaining about open boarders 🤔🤔🤔❓❓💬💬
@@ninjalectualx "patriotism is the last refuge for scoundrels"
ב''ה, you haven't been to a truck stop in 10 years, have you?
I really appreciate your taking this subject up. I've tried reading a few sections of this 922 page document and I'm not really impressed for the most part. There are some things that make sense, but me instincts tell me its mostly about handing over a lot of power and money to the private sector with little oversight. The fact that out of 922 pages, only about a page and a half are directed to such an important topic tells a lot about both their value on the subject and their understanding of it. We definitely need to address the jones act without a doubt but I can't agree more that repealing it would not only destroy our own industry but do great harm to our waterways as the nations which would come in to fill tha gap are going to be the cheapest bidders with out care for environment or other concerns. Great job keeping us updated.
You put it a lot nicer then me!!!
🤔💬 project 2025 922 pages yep cause them repub's knows American people want read it cause of it's lengthy if American people would devote to reading 30 pages it would take only 30 days to read project 2025 in it's entirety remember America it's 80+ days before the election I've devastated 3 hours every 2 days to reading it SMH
It's almost like those landlubbers living in Ivory Towers haven't heard the phrase "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt."
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Nah, they just added 'but it is best to say what gets the most cheers from the others' to the phrase.
Project 2025 is I blueprint for 1939 germany....I'm a sailor merchant....I'm voting blue for us maritime brother they trying to change and deregulate this country and take away rights for us and land folk
Kept waiting for Sal to go full Khrushchev, banging a shoe on his desk while shouting "Landlubbers!!"
Well, he has the hairstyle for it...
COTUS should empower him to decide which crazies should have to walk the plank for the good of humanity.
Davy Jones doesn't mind taking a few weirdos with him
Wow, reading the rest of this Project 2025 is genuinely terrifying. So much for "government is the problem"
@@DeborahSch I didn't realize the heritage foundation was a never trump org LOL get outa here
Written by people close to Trump, most of whom were connected with his administration. His distancing is just politik.
@@paulrobertsson8760 Many are ….
It’s pretty obviously propaganda when the candidate himself doesn’t support it…..
Once again, you’re trust in the same media who continues to lie is definition of insanity.
The "Small Government" thing is just another one of their strategic lies.
@@DeborahSchyou’re joking
Project 2025 is a purpose-built framework for consolidating as much governing authority as possible under fewer agencies, and with more direct/effective control by political appointees. Your thoughtful and comprehensive debunking of the Heritage approach to Maritime policy is very much on point and very well presented (thank you), but represents rational pushback to only a tiny portion of this insidious power grab. Project 2025 is not intended to improve any particular situation or structure or social compact in this country, but to consolidate the levers of control by which outcomes can be influenced. This is what is necessary to enable lasting minority rule, and that by definition is not democracy. Double-plus ungood.
Read what they don't say: repealing the Jones Act = opening up shipping to international competirion = cutting costs for corporations = more money for shareholders. Rule #1 - follow the money.
I wish it would let me copy this. I was going to use it as a starter for reposting.
NOT money for shareholders! Money for the company owners and CEOs--including international owners who have paid off Trump and his family/mafia/republikkkan billionaires. What role has Elaine Chao (McConnell) had in the construction of Project 2025--especially those related to Transportation, Labor, and Shipping?
Repost everywhere. So true.
Excellent, well thought out and articulated review of Project 2025 impact on Maritime Policy (if implemented). I certainly hope your suggestions reach the ears of those steering the course of the world's Maritime Policy. Thank you for your pertinent and timely videos.
The current policy is already screwed up, Heritage Foundation is more permanent Washington beaurocrats.
If project’25 is implemented well have a hell of a lot more problems than just shipping 😆
@@oliverdelaenfield2 Good thing it's not going to be then. Why is this weird fascination with this thing? Not specifically you, but in general. It's a Republican think tank product, it is what they think is a good idea. There are dozens of Democrat think tank products that one one ever worries about but have had some parts of them implemented into policy. It's advisories from political pundits along the lines of the parties platforms, some pretty radical on both sides, and they've been around for decades. The media advertising budget to keep this thing flying past all reasonable interest must be astonishing. Probably cutting into some of that Ukraine budget by now.
@@oliverdelaenfield2neither candidate has endorsed this policy. Trump has his own, Google Agenda47. I know Kamila won't endorse it and Trump has gone on record saying he doesn't have anything to do with it and that he thinks it is ridiculous.
@@nonplayercharacter6478don't look at the man behind the curtain
The Heritage Foundation’s 2025 is concentrating control of many aspects of National resources and authority, under Homeland Security and the Executive Branch. This is a classic move for an Authoritarian government. We also have to understand that Heritage is funded by the Koch Brothers and Koch Industries, which is motivated to create more pipelines.
Great review of the existing maritime situation and the 2025 concepts.
I learned a lot.
Thank you Sal !
Thank you, Sal. You had me from the first mention of putting the maritime administration (or whatever it's called now) under the Department of Transportation and not DHS. The example of the FAA was well chosen. While I've had to deal with the FAA myself and there is plenty to criticize in it, at least it keeps the various stakeholders on the same page. That "Four Horsemen of Transportation" was priceless.
Sal:
I greatly appreciate your non fanatical approach to real issues and their potential solutions! It’s not all or nothing it’s not kill everyone that is not a “good enough” member of their political party! YES I HAVE Heard that! Your attempt at being more realistic and balanced is most appreciated. Thank you.
No they just want to exclude non-believers from the power structure… totally cool.
You are an effective storyteller, sir. Thank you for your deep body of knowledge and your ongoing efforts to communicate your thoughts and considerable passion for all things maritime. I was not a shipping nerd before I happened upon your channel, but I definitely have become one because of how you explain the complex world of global shipping.
Thank you!
Everything in that manifesto is wrong. Please vote accordingly!
❤Thanks Sal!❤
P.S. Did you see Paul Allen's estate is selling an Enigma machine? Four bells (?), a marine version. $.5m auction estimate.
That’s curious..? Can you share a Link?
Trump has said he thinks it's ridiculous too! Stay away Heritage foundation RINOs!
I'm sure that's "four rotors".
Sal is proof that journalism is alive and well.
I couldn't agree more with the Four Horsemen Of Transportation premise
Regardless of the topic, its great to hear someone talk about something when they know what they are talking about.
What is so disappointing with governments in general and people involved in making political decisions is that they don't seem to consult with people such as yourself who have an in depth knowledge of the industry.
It's a main reason that governments shouldn't be running anything. They do a lousy job at basically everything.
because political decisions are about payback and graft, they have nothing to do with making things run better or more sensibly...
It doesn’t matter how could your policy is if you don’t win elections
Unfortunately, the ability of the people to determine their own interests at the ballot box is negligible but is enduringly popular means of making decisions.
You are right. The forces and lobbyists pushing to cripple US Maritime are huge!
When your sole goal is to de-fund things out of existence, you don't really need to consult anyone.
Just a cog in the DHS and CG machine here. From what I've observed it would be a terrible idea to move anything over to DHS/CG. The layers of red tape are paralyzing and its a miracle that anything gets done daily.
it's not a bug, it's a feature
I'll second that statement.
@@ThatOpalGuy Instead of 100x 100 million dollar divisions we've managed to merge them all into a single $20 billion dollar unit!
I agree both are convoluted by red tape.
Thank you Sal. I sure wish Congress (and Heritage) spent some time listening to your viewpoints!
What makes you think there's anything to discuss?
The "heritage" in the 'heritage foundation' is that of CSA and the NSDAP...
heritage foundation: 'I'm sorry, I can't hear you Sal - I'm wearing a jacuzzi suit'
min 3:25 Heritage Foundation goals *changed 35 years ago* from honest Conservative, to complete MAGAt policies.
Oh gosh, another the Heritage Foundation have totally failed to understand?
Shocked I tell ya.
It seems like this 2025 document is more political maneuvering for political power. I agree with you and hope that you could address Congress on this issue. The US don’t have any commercial ship building, large tankers, LNG vessels, and container ships.
That's because the "heritage" in the 'heritage foundation' is that of CSA and the NSDAP...
Think about it. The H.F. is basically the Koch Brothers who have oversees operations and registered their ships in foreign countries. This would allow thwm to bypass major ports and ship directly to consumer market.
It's actually really smart. If you are a multinational corporation.
ב''ה, except for the killing the customers part
Wonder what else in those 900+ pages are bad ideas? 😳
Eliminate SSI (disability), Eliminate Medicare, raise retirement age, eliminate no fault divorce, weaponize the department of Justice, like Trump wanting to go after Liz Cheney for daring to put oath and conscience above party.
@@genuineimpulse9134yeah the government doesn’t need to babysit you
@@mitchlesinski7803 If you don't like America, you can always leave. Bye bye.
@@genuineimpulse9134what pages is this stuff on so we can see it?
Look at what they want to do to our Air Traffic Control system.
Working on getting my Merchant Marines license for the NCDOT. Even with how close we are to WV and a program to help push people towards it, it’s taken 3-4 months and I haven’t even gotten a word back. If that wasn’t a joke about the two old ladies at the printing machine, I would NOT be surprised.
The fact I can’t tell is worrying.
At any time, you can check the status of your application online. I just renewed mine in January. It took about two months to come through. As long as you fill out the form correctly and include all the relevant documentation, it takes 2 - 4 months. That hasn't changed in my 25 year career.
@@bakerbill4274 Good on you for staying current. Try getting your documentation "Reinstated"!
Heritage Foundation isn't looking to maximize efficiency, cost control, etc. They're looking to dismantle the entire government and reconfigure it as a white Christian nationalist "aligned" government under a very different (if any) Constitution. They're all about "alignment"...meaning one top down set of policies. True, I'm sure Heritage Foundation does not understand the merchant marine or commercial shipping except at the level of a investment manager. You are absolutely right that the shipping business does not belong in Homeland Security. But their concern is much more control of everything than what can possibly work for international and domestic transport of goods.
The "heritage" in the 'heritage foundation' is that of CSA and the NSDAP...
Rump said that he'll fix everything, that way we won't have to vote anymore.
Homeland Security is also on their chopping block. It's insanity.
@@user-re1hy6if7d thank you for saying this
This. I kind of think it's disingenuous to counter this with facts because they aren't using facts, their entire foundation is based on misleading people.
But I also recognize that it's important to explain for people who aren't political on how this could affect them.
However, them saying we should not make new ships and pull from reserves...that's oligarchy. What they are trying to do is say let's lower our defense spending and pull old stock that's too old to operate because we'd prefer to line our pockets in gold and watch the US fall to some other country. They don't care, they can move. Do you all remember russias equipment when they invaded Ukraine. Plastic caps, phone cameras on drones...that's what they are trying to do to the US - and they have been spreading this propaganda for a decade at least (have you heard it) "we need to defund the military industrial complex".
Sal - What's even funnier about this is that if you read Chapter 5 of Project 2025 "DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY" by Ken Cuccinelli, the first sentence is "Our primary recommendation is that the President pursue legislation to dismantle the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). "
Step 1: move everything to the DHS
Step 2: dismantle the DHS
Step 3: ??????????
Step 4: profit 📈
I think we should reform the Heritage Foundation.
As to the general discussion, I fully support your positions, and we need a robust discussion of civilian maritime policies.
FEMA should be removed from DHS, and made a cabinet level agency.
USCG, MARAD, FEMA should be fully funded.
FEMA is not your friend. They should be. But they aren't. They are no different than any other government agency.
Yup, the Heritage foundation needs to be reformed in the same way as their ideological predecessors in the CSA and NSDAP... by arrest, trial and conviction for their criminal sabotage and terroristic subversion against the USA and the entire human species.
Thanks for opening a layman's portal to maritime operations. I'm third generation Naval design and construction dating back to WWII (Brooklyn Navy Yard, Gibbs & Cox, M. Rosenblatt & Son, Bath Iron Works), but we only concerned ourselves with specifications.
It's truly enlightening to hear what happens once ships launch and theory becomes practice.
I really like your thinking and reasons. Nicely laid out in a short 20 minutes. Thanks
Sal, you rock. I'm a retired logistics and warehousing professional and I find your channel both fascinating and informative. Many thanks for what you do.
Thank you, Have a great week!
You too!
I’ve long struggled to understand how anybody regards Heritage as a serious player.
Correct. No body understands it. Maybe its aliens or a brain parasite.
If you read CRS and CBO reports they are often used as source content.
They're lunatics who service an agenda that is often divorced from facts and reality. And so alternative facts and an alternative reality were created to keep the dream alive.
What do you mean by serious?
It’s been extremely influential for decades!
And just like the GOP, it now adheres to the ideology of Trumpism!
DHS should be dismantled. Standing it up in the first place was a huge -power grab- mistake.
Agreed!!
Not American but it's an excessive concentration of power even if you generously consider it an attempt to improve co-ordination. Looking to move non-law enforcement functions under its control is not appropriate
Thank you, Sal. Recent subscriber to your channel. As a former Superintendent Engineer, Manager Engineering, Chief Engineer, and having sailed for 18 years, I truly appreciate your show and the insights you provide. We have made significant progress from the days when merchant mariners were left in the dark, leading to a complete lack of awareness of what was happening beyond our immediate surroundings. Keep ‘em coming!
Great video, very informative! Project 2025 is like using a lighter to find your way through a room of gasoline and black powder!
Sal for „The DOT’s four horseman Maritime guy“ 😂
9:18, of course the Heritage Foundation doesn't understand! Their objective, via the Project 2025 document is to dismantle the Administrative State come hell or high water. Excellent analysis.
Project 2025 is what autocracy looks like. Some kid, not knowing the subject matter, spends a week researching a few business insider articles, a handful of calls to the oligarchs (donors) and spit out a summary of suggestions that are then implemented. Some will point out the fast response others may point out the corruption. Myself, the failure to involve outside experts like Sal.
Project 2025 is all i need to know about the fright wing era of the GOP, and all the reason I need to vote for the Democratic candidates up and down the ballot. And, no, I dont believe for a second that Heritage has given up on it or suspended it. This policy plan articulates Heritage's fundamental core-held beliefs. And the GOP goes as Heritage wants it to.
Spot on!
They are trying to downplay it, but it’s a well known fact that their plan is to hit the ground running if Trump/Vance wins!
It includes the blueprint on how to remove any obstacles, such as bureaucrats who care about Rule of Law!
Great video Sal. Couldn't agree more about the USCG.
@@JoeFranta Loved your last on which ship to sail!
Sounds like a non-mariner at Heritage wrote this report. Thank you Sal for always taking a complex subject (especially to a landlubber like me) and breaking it down into simple terms we all can understand. Another great video!!!
Not just a non-mariner, but also a non- everything_else_they_want_to_elimiante -er. It looks like a document resulting from a brainstorming session of non-experts on how to halve the size of the government, without understanding how ANY of it works.
3 thumbs way up, Sal! I listened to the entire video and went to the thumbs up 3 times not remembering that I had already done so. You, sir, need to be assigned a position in the government to make great things happen.
Great insights on the Maritime policy from Project 2025! 🚢 Your deep dive into the history and current challenges of the Maritime Administration is incredibly enlightening. It's clear that while there are valid points about restructuring and reform, there's also a lot of complexity involved in balancing defense needs with commercial interests. Your perspective on keeping the Coast Guard and MARAD under the Department of Transportation resonates well-changing it up could disrupt crucial regulatory processes. Looking forward to more discussions on how we can modernize while maintaining robust maritime capabilities. Keep up the great work!
Thank you Sal. Great video!! SINK Project 2025.
Heritage Foundation & Project 2025 certainly would ALSO hate on the Merchant Mariner's & Longshoreman's UNION'S !
Thanks once again Professor Sal for a quick and concise Master Class on issues with our current Maritime issues...you are clearly the Subject Matter Expert our country needs , the rational voice of reason our Country will benefit from if the beaurocracy would listen and take action...
Thank you for covering this!
Hopefully regardless of whoever is elected, they'll call you up for some much needed insight.
Everything you say makes sense. If you think anyone at Heritage foundation will listen, that's miguided at best. And let's just focus on maritime and ignore the horrific king-creating provisions of this project.
Thank you for making this video! The Heritage Foundation and project 2025 have been going on for decades. As others have said, they DO know what they are doing. They are looking at the legislative detail to understand who could make a giant sweeping change to various industries and then replace them with a political appointee. They are also looking at what the legislative branch needs to do to make these changes to benefit Wall Street and Big Oil to maximize profit. They know enough to be dangerous and it's scary.
Thank you Sal. I appreciate you tackling the subject. Project 2025 needs that quality of critique. Ward C has given a fine effort, too. Heritage Foundation is just a think tank. It is not a sub-committee of Congress and its reports should not be viewed as "policy," per the current screaming from a certain segment of the Republic. Your expertise sheds light on the flaws. That's a good thing. It's called public scrutiny and debate. BTW, I actually know where Buies Creek is! Served there many time as a soccer referee (now retired). Campbell is a lovely campus.
P2025 was written, largely, by people who worked in trumps adminstration.
Project 2025 was written by former administration officials who would presumably be hired again in the event he wins again. It’s more like a wishlist than anything else, but pretty safe to assume they’d be working towards the goals stated therein.
I mean when your chief of staff is a headlining author, 140 other contributors were your staff, and your vice president pick writes the foreword to the book expanding on the project, people with a working brain will think it's a red flag when you say you don't know anyone who's behind it...
And here's an editorial review too. But oh no, GOP leaders have no idea what the heritage foundation is about!
"Never before has a figure with Roberts’s depth and stature within the American Right tried to articulate a genuinely new future for conservatism... We are now all realizing that it’s time to circle the wagons and load the muskets. In the fights that lay ahead, these ideas are an essential weapon." - Senator JD Vance
It's not policy, sure, but it is a series of policy proposals for the next president.
And one of the two candidates has a VP pick who wrote the forward.
It's what we in the UK would call a manifesto. An expression of intent.
A whole episode and no mention of Bab El mandeb. Sal, please keep your viewers needs in mind. There is thirst here!
I was thinkin the same...with a dry mouth!
Thank you for your thoughtful assessment of Project 2025 and it’s short fall in understanding of the mission of Merchant Marine causing poor plans for future policies. It was beneficial for you to state the facts of the current status and need of bolstering that agency to the same level as FFA. The average populace’s knowledge of the importance of the tremendous commercial value of shipping is very limited. Thank you for your reporting to better inform us on these issues.
Thank you for coverig these Policies .These are very difficult to interpret because they are full of politics and Special interest
1. Thanks for digging into "Project 2025" so we don't have to.
2. Thank you Dr. Sal for defending maritime interests.
3. Should we, on the eve of WWIII, create a new Maritime Commission?
We need a new fleet.
We are currently leaderless.
4. You listed Cal Maritime last.
After Great Lakes? Ouch.
Bab El Mandab friend, 🍻
I went geographically
If you plan to spend your career on the Great Lakes why would you go somewhere else?
On the eve of world war three?
Let’s come back to this comment in a year or so and see if the third world war has started
@@randbarrett8706 One man's view: ruclips.net/video/gsCreKh-Y8A/видео.html
West Virginia at least has Ohio River ports. Reminded of the old Shoe comic: Senator Belfry: "I'm proud to announce our state is building the next Navy destroyer". Shoe: "We're a hundred miles away from the ocean!" Senator Belfry: "That’s why I'm also pleased to announce today the Belfry Memorial Canal".
I watch from UK. Interesting. If they put 2 services together, ie Coast Guard and Maritine Service, there's a question that arises would it work under one budget? Is it a way of cutting the budget? Not that I say do it. But the system of 'shipping' (in brackets) would collapse. "Oh we have to put money into blah." " Take it from the other blah". It's accountants putting this on paper, and baffling the general public with 'mushroom compost'. M
What a hot mess!!! I certainly hope none of this plan is implemented. Thank you for reviewing this in detail, and explaining the effects of said plan, if implemented. Your knowledge of history always adds important context. As I understand it, this is all supposed to take place in the first 180 days of the new administration. Fingers crossed the plan is scrapped before the damage is done. It sounds like a recipe for FUBAR.
This is a perfect example of policy being drafted & driven by ideology instead of being crafted & informed by those with specific knowledge & experience.
I'm voting blue...I never though project 2025 would effect us mariners...
The video I did not see coming lol
On a more serious note, please, yes, more of this in the world. More sanity and reason and less chaos
You are a good ambassador and educator on these areas in which you are an authority. I enjoyed this as much or more than your incident report episodes -although I learned a lot from both- the education with the history and intricacies of workings and agencies and rule is good and fascinating to know.
Your content is so danged good that even lay people like me can still dig it! And I love that you too are covering how Project 2025 would impair your industry. Thank you for all you do. 💖🇺🇲👏🏽
Valid points ALL AROUND ; keep up the good work
8:28 yes, this seems to describe a lot of Project 2025 and its supporters... They don't quite understand things...
Not to mention what the project wants to do to unions, MM&P member since 1995👍
Another super informative episode Sal. Never thought about how complex everything is. There are some serious issues that need to be addressed and it doesn’t sound like they have a clue how to do it.
Every government change in Australia, either state or federal, results in significant MOG (machinery of Government) changes. Whole Departments abolished at worst, but usually merged with another, or parts of departments (or their responsibilities) moved to other departments - as you are discussing.
Mostly these changes are about either payback (physically transfer a government department seen to be anti the political party that has just won, to whocareswhere as long as it is hot, remote, and maybe buys some local political votes for putting jobs in some remote locality) or to satisfy some other political whim, usually at the behest of a political pressure group that supported the party that just won. There is never any valid reason for doing MOG moves.
I have never seen anything come out of heritage foundation that was any good in my life and I'm 80 now so I've been here awhile, thank you for explaining the Jones act never quite understood it.
The last place to put Maritime is as the unwanted step-child of a Federal (Semi-secret) Police agency! The fiscal competition for spiffy guns, drones, armored SUV's and badges compared to the humdrum ship building, Merchant Marine and civilian job growth would "sink the ship!"
I would actually encourage forwarding this video to Sec. Pete Buttigieg, both for its sound critique of Project 2025's proposal but also for the suggestions made to improve and streamline maritime operations/certification/communications in the United States. Of all the people in government, I think he would be quite receptive.
Maritime credentials out of West Virginia? That makes a lot of sense......
In my state, all drivers licences are issued from a small town in the far north of the state, more than 2000km away from the state capital and the majority of the population. This was setup as a political sop to the local state member, put a dozen jobs into their electorate. So now everyone who passes a drivers licence test waits 2 weeks for their licence to be mailed to them... Politics is about payback and graft - not common sense!
Why not? It's just a paper handling operation. WV needed the jobs. The problems with delays in processing have nothing to do with the location of the facility, but because of low funding and less than ideal leadership.
@@robg9236 It is pork project by the former Senator. It should be removed just on that grounds alone.
My father was a King’s Point Graduate……look at the name, it never made sense to me. Neither does Project 25…. Unless you filter through the lens of power. The writers want full control of information, transportation and military. Having independent transportation, communication and transportation is not what any autocrat, dictator or monarch. Do not underestimate to power or English aristocracy. Lots to explore…..whoever the families behind the colonial voyages, the $$$, they and their insurers most likely still want ROI( return on investment). Dig deep enough you will find plenty still remembering the past( to be polite). I live just south of Boston and homes are still built with Tory chimneys….red brick painted white. The meaning of colors can change over time but I learned this from a friend whose chimney sweep told him. Who knew? Maritime law is certainly its own animal. Thank you for highlighting this.
“Presidential election here in the U.S.”, Oh you mean the shit show!? Yeah….
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What we really need is a Sal commision....complete agree that the maratime industry needs to learn from aviation both in the US and internationally.
Wouldn't it be great if we had commissions for all of the major areas of government that had experts on .. these .. various .. areas... You know, like we could maybe appoint a Secretary of Transportation, and .. other secretaries. Never mind.
Interesting bit about Project 2025. There's very little in Project 2025 that isn't at it's most basic, about Profit. Almost always shareholder and big corporations. THAT is what drives The Heritage Foundation.
That and naziism.
That was enlightening thank you for your time, sir
Wonderful insight, Sal. Thanks!
Thank you for your succinct and thoughtful review of the Project 2025 sections relating to merchant marine, shipping, and the armed services. I really appreciate the clarity about mission differences.
Stay clear of the heritage foundation, project 2025, and ziklag. They should stay in church. THEIR church.
Much of their plan is NOt libertarian, but leaning quite heavily into things that are more fascist in that they limit freedoms of speech, religion, education and election access.
The fact that Sal is giving this a serious review has me concerned.
@@jmacd8817 👍 I agree
The Apostate Church
@@jmacd8817 By giving it a serious review, he is showing how little they understand how things work. That's an important thing to do. If they've managed to pack this many terrible ideas into one page, imaging the state of the rest of the document. Yikes.
@@phil20_20 out of politics and education
Sal, I think you should be leader of a new cabinet position called the Dept of Maritime Shipping. You have such a comprehensive organizational, technical and historical perspective on everything related to ships.
I got a completely different video the first time…. A TEDX talk on the Heritage Foundation’s vision for the future… and it was terrifying! All about how joking our brains up directly to each other and AI with wireless hardware is going to produce Utopia… instantaneously! 😮… 😂
Since i didn’t hear your voice Sal, i went directly to your channel and tried again. This time i got the sensible Sal. 😊
They want to destroy all the programs that help. Your ideas are great!