> The 1880s saw significant reform in federal practices with regard to what was called the “spoils system.” Short version: government jobs were awarded to friends and patrons of whoever won the Big Chair, regardless of merit (and usually at the expense of it.)
Well now we have a "professional" system that disregards merit. At least with the spoils system the government employees would rotate every time there was a change of power.
The only thing I know about Chester A. Arthur is Sam Jackson’s kid went to that school in Die Hard With A Vengeance.
> The 1880s saw significant reform in federal practices with regard to what was called the “spoils system.” Short version: government jobs were awarded to friends and patrons of whoever won the Big Chair, regardless of merit (and usually at the expense of it.)
Well now we have a "professional" system that disregards merit. At least with the spoils system the government employees would rotate every time there was a change of power.
Yeah, it's managed to go sideways either way. The FedGov was a lot smaller in 1881 than it is now, and that compounds the issue.