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> there's nothing like pure merit if you are talking about not-ideal backgrounds. those folks are already heavily disadvantaged.

I’m guessing you’re not from this background?

Low income people have a huge amount of programs available to them that decrease or entirely remove that disadvantage. as one example over 20 years my school district placed imacs and cable internet connections into low income homes for everybody in the district that qualified, and paid the internet bill for a year.




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