Madison Webster, Chapter 8, Question 6

The part of the chapter 8 that I found interesting was when Wheelan starts talking to the reader. "Yes, ladies and gentlement, we are the special interests. All of us" (187). This really drew me in and realized that everything Wheelan has been discussing pertains to me! It was interesting how he said that when somebody does something good or right, the people who you benefit will probably barely notice. The people who will notice are the people who were negatively affected. For example, say you make a decision to cut out eggplant parmasean as a school lunch because nobody seems to keen on it. Well, the people who didn't really care for it, will be glad its out of the way but it doesn't impact them that much because they have other options to choos from as well. Those student who love the lunch will be extrememly dissappointed because their favorite option is now gone! I have never really thought about this before and I find it to be true.