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shockey80

(4,379 posts) Sun Dec 9, 2018, 01:11 PM Dec 2018

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Trumps favorite President Andrew Jackson created the "Spoils System"

Jackson got rid of career government officials, employees and replaced them with friends, business associates, newsman, and random characters. Sound familiar? It led to massive corruption.

It took decades, the assassination of Garfield to end the Spoils System. It was replaced with the Merit system. Needless to say Trump has reinstated the Spoils System. The corruption that will be exposed is going to shock the American people.

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Trumps favorite President Andrew Jackson created the "Spoils System" (Original Post) shockey80 Dec 2018 OP

I wouldn't be shocked if Trump had never heard of Jackson before Bannon started talking about him. Bleacher Creature Dec 2018 #1

Bleacher Creature

(11,257 posts)

1. I wouldn't be shocked if Trump had never heard of Jackson before Bannon started talking about him.