Posted on 03/19/2024 5:23:09 AM PDT by Jim Noble
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Donald Trump did not fight the Deep State during his first term. He did not even put Hillary in prison, though we all know she is guilty as sin. Therefore I will be pleasantly surprised if he fights the Deep State in his second term.
The Deep State is to a great extent the result of the creation of the US Federal Civil Service back in 1871.
Compared to the old “Spoils System”, it protects Federal employees from being summarily fired when a new President takes office, but it also means that some employees are able (perhaps surreptitiously) to carry over policies of the previous administration which are not policies of the new administration.
Since then, of course, benefits and protections have been increased, making it even harder to reverse government expansion than would be implied by the natural tendency of organizations to grow.
Terrible article. Intentionally missing the point of corrupt intelligence agencies.
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