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The hiring and firing of unqualified, underqualified, or mediocre persons along ideological lines. US DOJ Dismissal of Attorney Scandal, Response to Hurricane Katrina.
Coined by Paul Krugman in a New York Times Op-Ed, October 13, 2008: "I also wonder how much the Femafication of government under President Bush contributed to Mr. Paulson’s fumble. All across the executive branch, knowledgeable professionals have been driven out; there may not have been anyone left at Treasury with the stature and background to tell Mr. Paulson that he wasn’t making sense." |
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