- Name the top 3 on your list. What means does each of those individuals have to put an item on the agenda?
- Name the bottom 3 on your list. Why is it difficult for them to get an item on the agenda?
- Do any of the individuals on the list have the power to keep an item off the agenda? If no single person has this power, might a group be able to do so? Provide an example.
- Is it true that “many people believe that whatever the government now does it ought to continue to do”? Can you think of counterexamples – areas of government activity that a majority oppose and demand to eliminate?
- What might be the political consequences of lowering expectations of government?
- What are the political consequences of the following:
- Expectations rising faster than government’s ability to meet those demands?
- Citizens expecting government to do things regardless of resources?