Civil Service Spoils vs Merit

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Initially, all jobs in the government that were not elected were awarded through a spoils or political patronage system. This changed to a merit system in the 1800s. The paper explains the systems and their problems and discusses the patronage practice in terms of its benefits and harms to individuals, the sitting party and the general public. There are five sources listed in the bibliography of this five page paper.