Open AccessThe Merit System Under President Trump
Author(s) -
Emily Paige Lipka
Publication year - 1969
Publication title -
ameriquests
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1553-4316
DOI - 10.15695/amqst.v14i1.4456
Subject(s) - meritocracy , nobel laureate , immigration , political science , power (physics) , law and economics , law , immigration law , economics , political economy , philosophy , linguistics , physics , poetry , quantum mechanics
President Donald Trump has suggested and supported a law, called the RAISE (Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy) Act, to allow legal immigration status to those who meet a narrow set of qualifications and accumulate points under those criteria. What is problematic is how few people would meet the criteria wherein a third of the points require large monetary investments, Nobel laureate status, and Olympic medals. In a country predicated on eliminating a meritocracy or system of monetary power, this seems to undermine American values.