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Federal hiring too often focuses on elite universities and credentials, instead of merit, practical skill, and commitment to American ideals,” the strategy states.
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The word “merit” as used by the right wing is turning into a dog whistle. They don’t have any concept of what it means or how to measure it. The federal government hires lots of people right out of college, when “merit” can most easily be determined by what school you were able to get into (elite = worked hard in high school) and how well you did in what major. The reason the MAGA crowd doesn’t like elite universities is because uneducated and undereducated people are much more likely to go along with their brand of lunacy. Trying to push “merit” as an alternative is contradictory to the reality, which is that there’s plenty of merit coming out of elite universities. [/quote]

They knownexactly what "merit" means. It means "how much money can you make me?" They are running the country like a business, maximinging value extracted for themselves. 
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This dynamic is seen so clearly in the visa initiatives -- slash student visas, because why should they get to come here just because they are smart and can pay tuition?  but create new kinds of Golden Visas, because if you have lots of money, we'd love to have you.[/quote]

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