But, besides this, it is manifestly impossible to carry on the immense business of the Government without extraordinary and ruinous loss and waste, under the old system of turning out the occupants of civil offices every four years.
Sumner critiques the inefficiency of the current system of frequent turnover in civil service positions.
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