Patronage is ?described as
A) ?the practice of filling government jobs with political allies or cronies.
B) the practice of appointing a certain percentage of the national bureaucracy.
C) ?maintaining a service that the private sector does not have enough financial incentive to do.
D) ?maintaining the safety of products for the public.
E) ?the tendency for big government to endure over the long term.
A
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