1. Federal Bureaucracy
Ch 7.1, p. 192

2. 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

4. Vocabs Bureaucracy Bureaucrats Spoils system  LOL Hoover
Civil service

5. Executive Branch President Executive Office of the President
Vice President
Executive Departments (DOE, etc.)
Regulatory Commissions/Agencies (EPA)
Government corporations (Amtrak)

6. 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?

7. Hoover

8. 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

10. Executive Departments
Ch 7.2, p. 197

11. Executive Departments

12. Executive Departments

13. Independent Agencies For example: NASA  Not so alive anymore
Regulatory Agencies
FCC and TV
Corporations
Amtrak
USPS

15. 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

18. Size of the Federal Bureaucracy
Pros
Cons

19. Financing Government
Ch 7.3, p. 206

20. Vocab Income tax Progressive tax Payroll tax Regressive tax
Proportional tax
Bond
Federal debt
Mandatory spending
Discretionary spending
Fiscal policy
Monetary policy

21. Federal Budget Issued by the President Typically a political maneuver
Obama’s latest budget
EV tax credit

22. Various Taxes Income Payroll Proportional
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

25. Other Gov’t. Income Borrowing Various bonds
Federal debt  Credit Default Swap (genius)

27. The Federal Reserve An independent regulatory commission
Under the Executive Branch
Ben Bernanke is the Fed chairman
Sets monetary policy
Interest rates
Bonds
Etc.

28. The Same Ole’ Story