tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post9173057860929397237..comments2024-03-29T13:08:53.495+01:00Comments on W-wa Jeziorki: Poland continues its progress in cleaning up corruptionMichael Dembinskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05657728002439035765noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2650609952674727820.post-10230847476600705512013-12-05T21:25:53.038+01:002013-12-05T21:25:53.038+01:00TKM is a roughly a spoils system, as explained at ...<i>TKM</i> is a roughly a spoils system, as explained at Wikipedia.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spoils_system<br />Thanx to the US. As almost every junk imported from there, the same 'patronage' habits we've diffused.<br /><br />"Before March 8, 1831, moderation had prevailed in the transfer of political power from one presidency to another. President Andrew Jackson's inauguration signaled a sharp departure from past presidencies. An unruly mob of office seekers made something of a shambles of the March inauguration, and though some tried to explain this as democratic enthusiasm, the real truth was Jackson supporters had been lavished with promises of positions in return for political support. These promises were honored by an astonishing number of removals after Jackson assumed power. Fully 919 officials were removed from government positions, amounting to nearly 10 percent of all government postings. The Jackson administration attempted to explain this unprecedented purge as reform, or constructive turnover, aimed at creating a more efficient system where the chain of command of public employees all obeyed the higher entities of government. The hardest changed organization within the federal government proved to be the post office. The post office was the largest department in the federal government, and had even more personnel than the war department. In one year 423 postmasters were deprived of their positions, most with extensive records of good service."<br />So, how to not judge, that the Americans aren't innovators?Marcinnoreply@blogger.com