As the reading talked about the programs in the South American countries, as well as a few municipal programs in the Unites States, what struck me was how complete these programs need to be in order for us to achieve success. Just offering money to those who complete specific goals or accomplishments simply doesn’t work- we have seen enough examples of failure to know that. Rather, the plan must be integrated at every level- from the right government distribution and overseeing practices, to multiple qualifications for cash, to several checkpoints and stages through which participants are monitored. Even more so, multiple programs must be planned to compliment each other to achieve significant social change such as is seen in Brazil.
Perhaps this plays a large part in why such a program is so much harder to implement in the U.S. on a national level. We have so much infrastructure and bureaucracy already in place that restructuring to accommodate new programs on a comprehensive level is exceedingly difficult.
