Federal Bureaucracy
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Federal Bureaucracy
Ch 7.1, p. 192
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Federal Bureaucracy
• Defined: people who work for the gov’t., excluding military personnel.– Roughly 2.7 million ppl– The nations largest employer– 1 in 50 US workers
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Vocabs
• Bureaucracy• Bureaucrats• Spoils system LOL Hoover• Civil service
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Executive Branch
• President– Executive Office of the President– Vice President– Executive Departments (DOE, etc.)– Regulatory Commissions/Agencies (EPA)– Government corporations (Amtrak)
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Spoils System
• Back in the day, Presidents would appoint their cronies to any positions within the federal government.– Sort of like how businesses are run today.
• What’s the problem with a spoils system?
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Hoover
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Boom…Pendleton Civil Service Act
• In 1883 the spoils system started to fade away.– ALTHOUGH IT STILL EXISTS TODAY!
• Today, about 90% of federal jobs are earned through various accreditation processes.– Welcome to the world of red tape.• Office of Personnel Management
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Executive Departments
Ch 7.2, p. 197
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Executive Departments
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Executive Departments
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Independent Agencies
• For example: NASA Not so alive anymore• Regulatory Agencies– FCC and TV
• Corporations– Amtrak– USPS
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Schechter Poultry Corp. v. US
• Useless– All about executive agency power• Court says that US Gov’t. doesn’t have power to
regulate businesses via agencies• Later reversed – NOT CURRENT CASE LAW
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Size of the Federal Bureaucracy
Pros Cons
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Financing Government
Ch 7.3, p. 206
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Vocab• Income tax• Progressive tax• Payroll tax• Regressive tax• Proportional tax• Bond• Federal debt• Mandatory spending• Discretionary spending• Fiscal policy• Monetary policy
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Federal Budget
• Issued by the President– Typically a political maneuver– Obama’s latest budget• EV tax credit
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Various Taxes
• Income• Payroll– Regressive bad for low-income earners b/c it
maxes out at certain income levels• For example: Social Security tax tops out at $97,000
• Proportional
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Other Gov’t. Income
• Borrowing– Various bonds– Federal debt Credit Default Swap (genius)
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The Federal Reserve
• An independent regulatory commission– Under the Executive Branch– Ben Bernanke is the Fed chairman– Sets monetary policy• Interest rates• Bonds• Etc.
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The Same Ole’ Story