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Making Domestic Policy Chapter Twelve Making Domestic Policy

Do interest groups have too much power? Enduring Questions Do interest groups have too much power? Can the president make the country prosperous? Why do we have a public debt? Why are some public assistance programs popular and others unpopular? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Issue must be on the political agenda to receive government attention Introduction Issue must be on the political agenda to receive government attention Coalitions form to pass or defeat idea If adopted, new program implemented Evaluation and feedback of the program conducted Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Government cannot ensure a strong economy The Economy Government cannot ensure a strong economy Tools of economic policy What economic numbers hurt the president? Federal Reserve Board Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Figure 12.1: Federal Highest Tax Rates, 1913–2003 Source: Updated from Congressional Quarterly Weekly Report, September 18, 1993, p. 2488. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Fiscal policy: deficits alone have little effect on elections The Economy (Cont’d) Fiscal policy: deficits alone have little effect on elections Taxes Spending Subsidies, involve both spending and regulatory decisions Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Figure 12.2: Tax Burdens in Nineteen Democratic Nations Source: Statistical Abstract of the United States, 1998, p. 184. Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Making Policy Decisions Every policy has perceived costs and benefits Distribution of costs and benefits results in different kinds of political coalitions Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Making Policy Decisions (Cont’d) Majoritarian politics Client politics Interest group politics Entrepreneurial politics What these political differences mean Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Figure 12.3: A Way of Classifying and Explaining the Politics of Different Policy Issues Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.

Reconsidering the Enduring Questions Do interest groups have too much power? Can the president make the country prosperous? Why do we have a public debt? Why are some public assistance programs popular and others unpopular? Copyright © Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.