回复 1楼 Chaohistory 的帖子 The Scaife Family At least $21.5 million to Project 2025 groups since 2020 Richard Mellon Scaife died in 2014, but his contribution to conservative causes is still felt today. A billionaire heir to the vast Mellon fortune, which was created thanks to his progenitors’ exploits in oil and aluminum production, banking, and other industries, Scaife provided years of critical financial support to the Heritage Foundation, starting in 1973. A 1999 article in the Washington Post called him the “funding father of the Right.” Today, two foundations Scaife once controlled — the Sarah Scaife Foundation and the Allegheny Foundation — continue to give heavily to conservative causes, including to numerous organizations involved in climate change denial. DeSmog’s review found that Scaife family foundations gave $4.1 million to the Heritage Foundation since 2022, while also contributing to 22 other Project 2025 advisory groups. Since 2020, Scaife Family Foundations gave $1.75 million to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a Project 2025 advisor that promotes conservative thought on college campuses. Paypal founder Peter Thiel, who pumped at least $15 million into JD Vance’s campaign for Senate, is an ISI alum who maintains close ties to the organization. Vance himself gave an ISI-sponsored lecture on “our civilizational crisis” in 2021, where he promoted his controversial idea that Americans with children should receive more votes. Scaife foundations also donated an additional $1.2 million to the State Policy Network, an ALEC-linked group that supports conservative nonprofits that oppose government regulation, including 25 members of Project 2025’s coalition.
回复 1楼 Chaohistory 的帖子 The Bradley Family At least $52.9 million to Project 2025 groups since 2020 The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation was originally established in 1942 by brothers Lynde and Harry Bradley, founders of the Allen-Bradley company, which made its fortune manufacturing a wide range of electronic products. Their descendants have continued to financially support the foundation for years to come, including with a reported $200 million gift in 2015. But it was Michael W. Grebe, who served as CEO of the foundation between 2002 and 2016, who cemented its reputation as a conservative powerhouse, steering donations to a network of activist organizations like The Heritage Foundation, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and the Heartland Institute (all Project 2025 coalition partners). The current chairman is James Arthur “Art” Pope, CEO of the North Carolina grocery chain Variety Wholesalers, a longtime Koch ally. The Bradley Foundation and a second philanthropic vehicle it supports, the Bradley Impact Fund, donated over $50 million to 29 different Project 2025 advisors since 2020. That’s not including an additional $56 million to DonorsTrust, which a 2013 Mother Jones investigation dubbed, along with its affiliate group Donors Capital Fund, the “dark money ATM” of the U.S. conservative movement. The Bradley Foundation’s Project 2025-linked donations include more than $7.7 million to Turning Point USA, a “powerful ally” of the Trump presidential campaign, which promotes conservative causes on university campuses and is funded in part by the fossil fuel industry. Its single largest donation was $27.1 million in 2022 to Project 2025 advisor Turning Point Legal, founded by former Trump advisor, and past president of a coal lobby group, Stephen Miller.
回复 2楼 Chaohistory 的帖子 The Scaife Family（Richard Mellon Scaife）中文称为梅隆家族 现在代表人物 Timothy Mellon Reclusive billionaire heir Timothy Mellon gave $125 million to help elect Trump, even more than Elon Musk donated https://fortune.com/2024/11/09/timothy-mellon-net-worth-top-donor-trump-campaign-elon-musk/
1971 年，美国国会的一个议题，是决定是否停止出资研发超音速客机。这个项目是从 1961 年开始的，已经持续了十年。启动它的肯尼迪政府预测这个项目会花十亿美元，其中美国政府会承担 3/4。但是到了 1971 年，美国政府已经花了八亿美元，预测总支出也涨到了 13 亿，项目完成时间却被推后了十年。于是，保守派认为，这件事应该完全交给私营企业，政府不应该再在这上面花更多纳税人的钱了。最后，众议院以 215-204，参议院以 51-46 的微弱多数停掉了对超音速客机的支持，波音公司因此裁掉了七千名员工。 让保守派愤怒的，有两件事。一个是尼克松上任后，居然继续之前民主党的大量政策，依赖学界精英和无党派智库提供政策指导。在 1971 年美国退出布莱顿森林体系后，尼克松公开说，他「现在是个经济学上的凯恩斯主义者了」。另一个是偏保守派支持企业的智库 AEI 发了一个相关的报告，讨论了政府继续资助研发超音速客机的优缺点。但是，这份报告是在国会投票之后才发的。共和党参议员 Gordon Allot 的新闻发言人 Paul Weyrich 问 AEI 的老板 William Baroody 为什么在投票后才发。Baroody 说，这是因为 AEI 不想影响国会投票的结果。对此 Weyrich 大为光火，他当然是认为，智库的目的，就是应该去影响议员如何投票的。 于是他和共和党议员 Phil Crane 的行政助理 Edwin Feulner 一起，在 1973 年成立了传统基金会，目的就是要让智库像利益团体那样去直接影响国会和总统的决策
传统基金会从此开启了为共和党的候选人设计政策细目这件事，最著名就是它在 1980 年大选时，为里根准备了一套类似的、长达 3000 页的政策细目，题为《Mandate for Leadership》。 在传统基金会为里根定制的《Mandate for Leadership》里，就一共列出了超过两千个政策建议。据说里根在第一次内阁会议上，就向大家发放了这本《Mandate》。传统基金会说里根政府在第一个任期内一共采纳执行了《Mandate》中六成的政策建议。而且，传统基金会还提供了一个人才库，每年为里根政府输送超过两百名雇员，仅《Mandate》的作者里就有几十人加入了里根政府，高到内阁部长，低到初级政策研究员。在传统基金会的支持下，里根政府快速通过了减稅、增加国防支出、削减福利支出等相关法案。
经过几十年发展传统基金会成为共和党体系内的重要力量，再来查查看看传统基金会的背后金主
6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025 https://www.desmog.com/2024/08/14/project-2025-billionaire-donor-heritage-foundation-donald-trump-jd-vance-charles-koch-peter-coors/
The Scaife Family At least $21.5 million to Project 2025 groups since 2020 Richard Mellon Scaife died in 2014, but his contribution to conservative causes is still felt today. A billionaire heir to the vast Mellon fortune, which was created thanks to his progenitors’ exploits in oil and aluminum production, banking, and other industries, Scaife provided years of critical financial support to the Heritage Foundation, starting in 1973. A 1999 article in the Washington Post called him the “funding father of the Right.” Today, two foundations Scaife once controlled — the Sarah Scaife Foundation and the Allegheny Foundation — continue to give heavily to conservative causes, including to numerous organizations involved in climate change denial. DeSmog’s review found that Scaife family foundations gave $4.1 million to the Heritage Foundation since 2022, while also contributing to 22 other Project 2025 advisory groups. Since 2020, Scaife Family Foundations gave $1.75 million to the Intercollegiate Studies Institute (ISI), a Project 2025 advisor that promotes conservative thought on college campuses. Paypal founder Peter Thiel, who pumped at least $15 million into JD Vance’s campaign for Senate, is an ISI alum who maintains close ties to the organization. Vance himself gave an ISI-sponsored lecture on “our civilizational crisis” in 2021, where he promoted his controversial idea that Americans with children should receive more votes. Scaife foundations also donated an additional $1.2 million to the State Policy Network, an ALEC-linked group that supports conservative nonprofits that oppose government regulation, including 25 members of Project 2025’s coalition.
The Bradley Family At least $52.9 million to Project 2025 groups since 2020 The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation was originally established in 1942 by brothers Lynde and Harry Bradley, founders of the Allen-Bradley company, which made its fortune manufacturing a wide range of electronic products. Their descendants have continued to financially support the foundation for years to come, including with a reported $200 million gift in 2015. But it was Michael W. Grebe, who served as CEO of the foundation between 2002 and 2016, who cemented its reputation as a conservative powerhouse, steering donations to a network of activist organizations like The Heritage Foundation, the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, and the Heartland Institute (all Project 2025 coalition partners). The current chairman is James Arthur “Art” Pope, CEO of the North Carolina grocery chain Variety Wholesalers, a longtime Koch ally. The Bradley Foundation and a second philanthropic vehicle it supports, the Bradley Impact Fund, donated over $50 million to 29 different Project 2025 advisors since 2020. That’s not including an additional $56 million to DonorsTrust, which a 2013 Mother Jones investigation dubbed, along with its affiliate group Donors Capital Fund, the “dark money ATM” of the U.S. conservative movement. The Bradley Foundation’s Project 2025-linked donations include more than $7.7 million to Turning Point USA, a “powerful ally” of the Trump presidential campaign, which promotes conservative causes on university campuses and is funded in part by the fossil fuel industry. Its single largest donation was $27.1 million in 2022 to Project 2025 advisor Turning Point Legal, founded by former Trump advisor, and past president of a coal lobby group, Stephen Miller.
The Scaife Family（Richard Mellon Scaife）中文称为梅隆家族 现在代表人物 Timothy Mellon Reclusive billionaire heir Timothy Mellon gave $125 million to help elect Trump, even more than Elon Musk donated https://fortune.com/2024/11/09/timothy-mellon-net-worth-top-donor-trump-campaign-elon-musk/
给川普捐款最多的不是musk，而是这位蒂莫西·梅隆（Timothy Mellon）共和党的重要资助者，也是美国银行家，曾任美国财政部长的安德鲁·威廉·梅隆的孙子。 呵呵，这位的爷爷安德鲁.梅隆是唯一一位历经三任总统（沃伦·G·哈定、卡尔文·柯立芝和赫伯特·胡佛，这三人都是共和党成员）的财政部长，任期内经历了咆哮的二十年代的繁荣岁月和1929年大萧条. 被戏称为大萧条的幕后推手。 呵呵，不知道历史会不会重演，project2025 的关税政策，梅隆家族是否会是新的大萧条幕后推手，大家自己判断吧
在看特朗普内阁，一些与“2025计划”关系密切。特朗任命的联邦通信委员会主席布伦丹·卡尔(Brendan Carr)、“边境沙皇”托马斯·霍曼(Thomas Homan)、中情局局长长约翰·拉特克利夫(John Ratcliffe)和驻加拿大大使皮特·胡克斯特拉(Pete Hoekstra)都是“2025计划”的作者或贡献者。 另一位移民议题的强硬派人士史蒂芬·米勒(Stephen Miller)被特朗普任命出任白宫负责政策的副幕僚长。最年轻新闻秘书的卡罗琳·莱维特(Karoline Leavitt)曾出现在“2025计划”的一段推广视频中。 这些内阁，100%都是传统基金会人。
追根溯源川普任命了金主的传统基金会人，还觉的他不会执行金主们制定的政治纲领project 2025?