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Many countries have some kind of civil service system in place. People become employed by their government to do the many jobs of the government. An example is the administrative system giving stability to Chinese empires by using competitive exams to fill government offices.

U.S. civil service

The Civil War was not just a war between North and The South, it was a war between Democrat and Republican.

The Republican party was founded in 1854 by single-issue voters called Abolitionists. Barely a dozen years later, after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation, it had only two things to fight for: full civil rights for Blacks and the spoils of victory, that is, government jobs for party members.

While the Democratic party may have lost the Civil War, it has won the battle to control the United States Civil Service bureaucracy. Since the end of Reconstruction in 1876 and passage of the 1882 Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, the Democratic party is no longer dependent on the spoils system and winning elections to maintain its power.

This control of unelected government positions is the source of the Democratic party's power. An unelected army of Democrat civil servants doing behind the scenes favors and handing out government goodies is the key to success for elected Democrats. This is why Democrats spare no expense in the budget, none of them pay for anything and there are always votes to be bought. Their sweeping power is so encompassing they unabashedly call themselves, "the party of government."

Spoils system

Main article: Spoils system

Reconstruction

See also: Reconstruction

With the defeat of the Democrats and the South, to the victors went the spoils. The Republican party was founded a little more than a decade earlier, and lacked for issues other than dividing the spoils of victory, i.e. government jobs once the slaves were free. Republicans immediately stripped white males who engaged in rebellion against the United States of the vote, and gave it to Blacks. The white males who were deprived of the vote were universally Democrats.

Reconstruction earned Republicans the undying hatred of Democrats, which has been passed down generation to generation until the modern day. This hatred is so intense, the very mention of the word "Republican" is a trigger word whose mere utterance is enough to send some fourth and fifth generation Democrats into paroxysms and fits of rage.

Republican carpetbaggers flooded the South after the war to buy up tax-delinquent plantations and run for political office. Newly freed Blacks held local, state and federal elected and non-elected positions as well. Many whites were barred canfrom holding office and voting. This disenfranchisement created enormous resentment among Democrats. The Ku Klux Klan was formed by Democrats to engage in voter intimidation and suppression.

By 1876, the situation had become ungovernable for Republicans, inexperienced in the spoils system. The Republicans had been able to pass the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments to guarantee Blacks basic equality and civil rights. But an amnesty was declared for whites who engaged in rebellion, Reconstruction ended, and Republicans withdrew from social engineering which had divided the country so deeply and stirred up such bitterness and hatred by Democrats against Republicans.

The intra-generational hatred Democrats have toward Republicans, which persists into the 21st century, was born of the fact that Republicans stripped Democrats of the vote and gave it to Blacks.

Civil Service Act

Main article: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act

The experience of Reconstruction among Democrats, and inexperience and incompetence among Republicans led to a general consensus to reform the spoils system. Democrats leaped at the prospect of controlling government offices without winning elections through a so-called "professional career bureaucracy." It seemed like a logical, "progressive" reform.

New Deal

See also: New Deal and Agricultural Adjustment Administration

The Era of Big Government

See also: Great Society and Clinton Administration

Statism and the totalitarian police state

See also: Patriot Act, Obama Administration, and FISA abuse

References

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 The Republican party was founded in 1854 by single-issue voters called [[Abolitionist]]s. Barely a dozen years later, after the 1863 [[Emancipation Proclamation]], it had only two things to fight for: full [[civil rights]] for [[Blacks]] and the spoils of victory, that is, government jobs for party members.
-While the Democratic party may have lost the Civil War, it has won the battle to control the Civil Service [[bureaucracy]]. Since the end of Reconstruction in 1876 and passage of the 1882 Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, the Democratic party is no longer dependent on the spoils system and winning elections to maintain its power.
+While the Democratic party may have lost the Civil War, it has won the battle to control the United States Civil Service [[bureaucracy]]. Since the end of Reconstruction in 1876 and passage of the 1882 Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, the Democratic party is no longer dependent on the spoils system and winning elections to maintain its power.
 This control of unelected government positions is the source of the Democratic party's power. An unelected army of Democrat civil servants doing behind the scenes favors and handing out government goodies is the key to success for elected Democrats. This is why Democrats spare no expense in the budget, none of them pay for anything and there are always votes to be bought. Their sweeping power is so encompassing they unabashedly call themselves, "the party of government."