Public Interest Groups :An Analytic Look at Effects on U.S. Public Policy and the General Public.

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I. Title: Public Interest Groups :An Analytic Look at Effects on U.S. Public Policy and the General Public

II. Introduction:

Public interest groups are incredibly influential over many different aspects of the lives of everyday citizens. Every time we step outside we experience, in someway or another, the effects of the benefits that have been reaped by these groups that try to best represent the public good in order to create a society where democratic ideals are legitimized through the participatory action of the everyday citizen such as is exemplified in these groups. Public Interest Groups are able to gather and collect knowledge in a specific subject area to present to those in the Congress in order to help perpetuate the proposing, creating, and eventually establishing and implementing these policies to help create a "better" society; one in which the bourgeoisie corporate owners in this capitalist U.S. society is less at an advantage to create policies that harm civil life. The media helps to establish issues as the ones that need most attention, and are able to educate the public through various modes such as news articles, television programs, rallies, etc. in order to press issues that will