It is often easy to blame Congress for giving in to special interests, mostly due to our great tendency to hold others accountable when something does not work. However, Congress is really like a group of book writers, constantly being pressured of what to put into their works, disagreeing among each other about how to write a better metaphor, and having to deal with the ridiculous publishing process all while trying to please a large audience of subscribers.  

He makes it sound as if poverty is a disease that is passed down to the next generations. I agree that there will always be poverty, and that the government can only do so much to try to lessen the hardships of those in poverty. I think that government can help, but cannot be 100% effective in eliminating the continuation of poverty. 

Unfortunately, these liabilities inhibit real progress of organizations. It does not take very many of these bureaucratic mazes, (A.K.A. liabilities) to severely override the possible accomplishments of an organization's goal.

This is very true. Often, the public is confused or even not interested in political problems, so a visual image proves effective enough to simplify the issue to the point where it is easily understood by the general public. These can even assist in developing voter identification as they can easily decide which side to take on various issues. 

I agree with Iyengar's statement that American society assumes that one believes that individuals should be held responsible due to the country's cherished concept of individualism. Since there is so much appreciation for individuality in the U.S., one automatically concludes that individuals must be held responsible for the workings of society. However, we also need to understand the importance of policies and those that put the policies into place to better comprehend the American system. 

This is interesting how the very society you try to improve is actually harmed when societies advance toward socialism. This can relate to the everlasting desire to improve and/or change our societies. However, when an advancement to socialism is made, society is harmed by the increasing lack of liberty. You think people would realize the harm that they are bringing to themselves. Perhaps they are too blinded by their negative connotations of other societies that socialism seems appealing since it differs from most other governments. 

Those writing and dealing with public policy absolutely cannot expect to give certain allocations to one group and expect it to diffuse out to eventually help society overall. Instead, policy framers must distribute certain endowments accordingly among various groups/organizations with the assumption that nothing is going to sort itself out.