Liberals, how do liberal government policies make your life better?
Public universities, public water and power which (is better and more reliable than private), public libraries, and other infrastructure and things people take for granted that were established and/or expanded by "liberal" presidents.
Who makes government policy?
Congress passes laws, which can be written by either legislators or the White House (though a congressional sponsor is required). The House and Senate both vote on it. It if passes both, then the President signs it into law. And then, once it is law, the Supreme Court interprets what that means if there is a dispute about interpretation.
What government policies could really make a huge difference to a country?
Public policies that most improve the lives of citizens are those that are made through transparent mechanisms, and applied consistently, fairly, and without respect to how rich someone is, or what gender, race, sexual orientation, or other immutable status they have. Citizens then need to be able to determine whether the government is making and applying policies they way it ought to be doing, usually through a combination of government transparency and a free press (or in the modern era, citizen access to the internet). The rule of law and discouragement of corruption improve predicability for citizens, and engender respect for government in ways that are more effective than other public policy efforts. Nothing is more damaging to citizens than government by whim and fiat. Note that the policies I've identified are not results-oriented, but, rather, focus on process. This is to accommodate the need to be able to see and measure the results of other policies. Ideologies/political goals change over time for a number of reasons, but the process of making and applying the mechanisms to carry out those political goals or ideologies should be a tool always available to the citizenry.
How has the Narendra Modi government affected your everyday life?
Majorly, my everyday life has been unaffected by the change of government in India. There are a few things that have changed:[+ve] Stock market has been going up since February and is still going strong. That has given me few gains in my equities and funds.[+ve] I have got some tax benefit, although the expectations were much more. During the campaign it was being promised that salaries up to 5L would be exempted from IT, and that has not happened.[-ve] Radical groups in Pune and Maharashtra tried to test the new government and perhaps thought they could get away with violent protests. This affected me personally when me and my family was asked to leave from KFC on Sunday afternoon in Pune. That left a really bad taste in my mouth, with my wife really scared of the Saffron group. Pune was tense for about 14 days.[-ve] There has been no stop in the inflation which has thus reduce the value of the money that I get.[SAME] Traffic, Pollution, Corruption are just the same and I don't expect them to come down ever in this government. I don't some so I am not bothered about those taxes.[-ve] Media is now much more being pro-establishment. The neutrality of the media is under question mark, which makes me feel that I am being constantly fed with propaganda on TV. The takeover of Network18 group by Reliance has not helped either.[-ve] On relationship front many friends are just not able to accept any criticism of the new government (due to emotional attachment to Modi) which has led to end of political discussions with them now.
In Texas government, who is the principal agent in making public policy?
Policy is always supposed to be made by the legislature in all states. Since the Texas legislature only meets rarely and when they do they argue over minutia and not policy it is left to others It appears that with the lack of information and guidance coming from the legislatures the Governor has to try to make policy. using the basic policy making document of the government the state constitution. Boards and commissions are charged with creating and enforcing rules that are in line with the promotion of any governmental polices.
Who has to pay for mistakes that the government makes?
The common misconception is that taxpayers, or perhaps citizens more generally, pay for their governments’ mistakes. Actually, governments usually do not make mistakes. Policies may have unintended consequences, but these are not literally “mistakes,” but failures of the theories behind public policies, intentional under- or over-funding of programs, or results of “poison pills” intentionally written into the laws authorizing policies. Most of what people call the mistakes of government are actually the consequences of actions that some citizens, because of their political beliefs, see as mistaken because they do not accord with those beliefs or because they have been persuaded by activists who oppose those actions. When democratic institutions work as they are intended, governments (more precisely, regimes in power) pay for their mistakes by being ousted from power in elections.