The problem here is that we can not see the results of the program or project and therefore are taking a big gamble with the program. Schulman talks about trying to use trail or temporary programs before going and using a nonincremental policy for a project. Although this in theory seems to be a very resourceful and thought process, the fact that nonincremental policies are on a large scale bases makes it almost impossible for us to gauge the results of a small project. A trial project will not have the funds needed to do all the things that a project may be able to do once a policy has been passed. Schulman concludes that although we do take a large risk using nonincremental policies, there are somethings that can not be accomplished unless large efforts and funds that are provided by these policies.
Nonincremental polices do seem to a be a very big risk in our government.
It seems to me that many times we go into these polices one hundred and ten percent to the point that we can not back out in case it fails. Schulman used the Vietnam conflict as another example of a nonincremental policy that the United States passed. The United States committed itself into protecting a foreign country that although after a short time was obvious we were not going to be able to win. We had already committed ourselves, our money, and most importantly our soldiers into this conflict. The United States had a large campaign about the importance about the U.S. going out to help these other nations.