Contione my research on political coruption

While back in Mr Malley's class room doing research again i came across a website [The Quaker Economist] which is when Cobb stated "The patronage system of government, in which jobs at all levels of government are awarded by the president as political favors, started under Andrew Jackson in 1829." That then creates an problem were the people with the important jobs might not no what there doing but they got the job because they helped the person in office get there so they were owed a favor.[Cobb] The Pendleton Act was then created to prevent jobs to be given to Friends or people you owe favors, and it will let you get the job based on merit alone not who you know or what you know. The Hatch Act which was first created in 1939 and was amended many times after prevented the use of public funds for political campaigns.

While doing my research i figured i should use an example that we would all know about so i decied to use bill clinton. William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was actualy named William Jefferson Blythe III born on August 19 1946, he was the third youngest president and commited his first or at least the first sex scandal that we know about. During the time of 1995 and 1996. This incident raised questions of clintons judgement. That makes me wonder about our choices as Americans if our president is having sex scandals and causing drama how can he complete his duties.

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"Bill Clinton." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 06 05 2008 .

Cobb, Loren. "Corruption in America." The Quaker Economist 15727 05 2007 28 04 2008 .