- 1788-1828: what years was the patronage system used to appoint civil servies
- 1828-1883: what years was the spoils system used?
- 1883: what year was the pendelton act created?
- 2 trillion: what is the current budget about?
- ability to pay principal: as income increases the % tax also increases
- benifits received principal: people pay a tax on a good or service
- civil service: government employees
- debt: accumulated deficit
- discretionary spending: spending subject to numerouse changes and conditions
- discretionary spending: spending the president and congress can change
- federal bureaucracy: a series/collection of government agencies that enforce laws
- federal bureaucracy: oversees all agencies but does not enforce laws directly
- government corporation: government own buisnesses
- grover cleavland: who's assasination led to the pendelton act?
- independent executive agencies: what types of independent regulatory agencie has one administrater who is appointed by the president?
- independent requlatory agencies: outside of the influence of the 15 cabinet departments
- jackson: what president created the spoils system?
- mandatory spending: what is the primary focus of any budget?
- merit system: what system is used today to give people civil service jobs?
- october 1: when does the fiscal procces start in forming the budget?
- patronage system: chosen based on political alegence and usually qualiied for the job
- pendlton act: what act created the merit system?
- red tape: what maks a bureacracy bad?
- red tape: conflicting or confusing regulations that must be enforced
- september 30: when does the fiscal procces end?
- spoils system: based soley on political allegence
- surplus: exrta money in a given fiscal year
- taxation: money paid to national, state, and ocal governments
GOV: Bureaucracy, civil services and the budget