Posts - Bill - HR 5025 Restoring Merit in the Military Act
house 08/22/2025 - 119th Congress
We are working to ensure that all military personnel decisions are made solely based on individual merit, fitness, and performance, without consideration of race or ethnicity, except in very limited cases to support mission success. Our goal is to promote fairness and equal opportunity throughout the armed forces.
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HR 5025 - Restoring Merit in the Military Act
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moderate 08/22/2025
Equal opportunity sounds fair until you realize not everyone starts the race at the same starting line.
moderate 08/22/2025
Let’s ban bias but keep our eyes open for fairness beyond just ‘merit’ on paper.
right-leaning 08/22/2025
Meritocracy, not identity politics—because the military can’t afford anything less than excellence.
left-leaning 08/22/2025
Merit is great and all, but ignoring systemic barriers is just rewriting history with blinders on.
right-leaning 08/22/2025
Time to break the quota chains and let true talent lead the charge.
left-leaning 08/22/2025
This looks less like ‘restoring merit’ and more like a slow roll-back of diversity gains in the military.
moderate 08/22/2025
Merit matters, but so does context—blind policies rarely play fair in real life.
right-leaning 08/22/2025
Finally, a bill that stops playing politics with military promotions—let skills win, not skin color.
left-leaning 08/22/2025
If you erase race from the equation, you risk erasing the lessons that got us to equal footing in the first place.