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The [[Civil War]] was not just a war between North and [[The South]], it was a war between [[Democrat]] and [[Republican]]. | 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 [[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. | + | 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. This control of the unelected government offices is the source of the Democratic party's power. Handing out government goodies by an ever expanding army of Democrat civil servants is the the key to electoral success for Democrat office holders. Democrats call themselves, "the party of government." | 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. This control of the unelected government offices is the source of the Democratic party's power. Handing out government goodies by an ever expanding army of Democrat civil servants is the the key to electoral success for Democrat office holders. Democrats call themselves, "the party of government." | ||
Revision as of 10:38, December 30, 2018
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 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 the unelected government offices is the source of the Democratic party's power. Handing out government goodies by an ever expanding army of Democrat civil servants is the the key to electoral success for Democrat office holders. Democrats call themselves, "the party of government."
Spoils system
- Main article: Spoils system
Reconstruction
- See also: Reconstruction
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 slave were free. Republicans immediately striped white males who engaged in rebellion against the United States of the vote, and gave it to Blacks. These white males 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.
Civil Service Act
- Main article: Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act
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