The latter, in particular, fears disruption to business as usual and the spoils system.

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In truth, the OWS protestors are only skirmishing over the distribution of the spoils system they claim to abhor.

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Similarly, the popular vote was considered markedly less partisan than the spoils system: the lesser, by far, of two evils.

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Andrew Jackson invented the spoils system to reward supporters with government jobs.

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