In "Thinking the Unthinkable in Public Administration: A Case For Spoils in the Federal Bureaucracy" in the last issue, Robert Maranto argued for ending tenure in the federal civil service. His essay was critiqued by Robert F Durant, Charles Goodsell, Jack Knott, and William Murray. In this article, Maranto responds.
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