You can't have a competitive, egalitarian meritocracy if only some of your citizens have the opportunity for a good education.
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It's not a meritocracy until everyone starts with the same opportunities, is it?
America is a meritocracy.
An egalitarian educational system is necessarily opposed to meritocracy and reward for achievement. It is inevitably opposed to procedures that might reveal differing levels of achievement.
I'm much more comfortable in a meritocracy and in reward for good work as opposed to a political environment, where I feel like all of that can be confused.
If we're not creating an educated and skilled workforce, there is just no conceivable way that were going to be economically competitive.
Where we can compete on merit, we do very well.
I am a believer in people succeeding on merit.
The more that everyone has access to the same educational opportunities, the more society will tend to accept some receiving disproportionate rewards. After all, they themselves have a chance to be winners.
The market system requires that people be committed and willing to work hard. Inherent with that is what I call a merit system, which I think gives people the greatest opportunity.
The bottom line is that any business should be a meritocracy. The best and brightest. Period.
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