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by indy 472 days ago
It's about destroying the patronage systems which benefited the Democrats
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llamaimperative 472 days ago
The perfect plan: We're going to create rampant patronage to destroy the patronage system that we have not been able to produce any evidence of!
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throw0101a 471 days ago
Welcome back to the 1800s:

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoils_system

* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_service_reform_in_the_Un...

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metadat 471 days ago
That second link really hits home, ouch.
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throw0101a 471 days ago
> It's about destroying the patronage systems which benefited the Democrats

How did it benefit Democrats?

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