Power in Government

Power in government is ambiguous. Politicians will point their fingers at someone else when something goes wrong, and claim they are the reason for something that goes great. Politicians have their agendas which is backed by interest groups. Since every issue will have two sides there will be discontent among their citizens.

The federal government is just one massive business and the state government's are acting as smaller subsidiaries. Our local government act as customer service for said business. Like most businesses social media reviews, the more people reviewing, the more negative reviews you are going to get. People are quicker to give a negative review than a positive one. There are more poor/middle class than rich, therefore there will be more resentment towards the government. The rich generally control the power. I feel comfortable saying that those with money in this country control the power.

I side with the sociologists and say that elitist are in control and have the power. Pluralist like to believe power is tied to an issue, but I feel the issues are controlled by those in the elite portion of the stratification system. Wealth, power, and prestige all play a huge part with politics as in the case in New Haven and funding for their public school system. Those with wealth send their kids to private schools and therefore feel that public schools need less funding.

It's hard to suggest the pluralist are correct. In the case of New Haven creating a group Citizens Action Committee to limit the power of mayor's, it was immeasurable to say what influence the group had over the mayor. It's also hard to suggest that those in the committee didn't have their own agendas, and in what part of the stratification system they fit into.