Remember Project 2025? Democrats are building their own governing blueprint, and one proposal takes aim at the "annoyance economy": robocall
Democrats are targeting the annoyance economy and unnecessary fees as part of their economic program if they win the 2028 election. Some are calling this Project 2029. It's basically a collection of economic and economic-adjacent policies which can be implemented fairly quickly.
Imagine no more annoying robocalls. No more spam texts. No more hidden fees. No more jumping through hoops to cancel subscriptions or file an insurance claim. A group of Democratic policy veterans believes that daily annoyances like these have become a real economic problem. They even have a name for it: "the annoyance economy." Taking it on is one plank in a broader governing agenda they're assembling for a future Democratic president. They're calling it "Project 2029." [ ... ] Project 2029 is still in its early stages. They'll be releasing proposals on a rolling basis over the next year or so. Much of what they've previewed so far is what you'd probably expect from Democrats in today's economy: ideas to lower child care costs, make health care and housing more affordable, reduce energy bills, protect kids online. But 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. [ ... ] They propose. for example, creating a standardized claims system to make it easier for Americans to file insurance claims online. They also want to end the widespread use of "prior authorization" ā when insurance companies require patients to receive company approval before getting certain tests, prescriptions, and procedures.
This is a lot more than just getting rid of robocalls. The simplification of insurance claims will remove an unnecessary burden when you're already not very well. Bureaucracy needs to be slashed for homebuyers as well.
This is a WIP and is still being put together.
Project 2029 shares only a partial similarity in names to Project 2025 ā the MAGA Republican blueprint for "Red Caesarism". One is to make life more affordable and less cumbersome for Americans, the other is to permanently enshrine an oligarchic surveillance state.
