to make sure that everybody is following the rules
Because without them you would not have laws or any rights
The Federal and state governments both have the power to tax because they each have separate expenses in a budget. State governments tax to help pay for state programs. Federal governments tax to help pay for Federal programs.
The 1997 Census of Government says it best... "There were 87,504 governmental units in the United States as of June 1997. In addition to the Federal Government and the 50 state governments, there were 87,453 units of local government. Of these, 39,044 are general purpose local governments - 3,043 county governments and 36,001 subcounty general purpose governments, including 13,726 school distict governments and 34,683 special district governments."
Federal goverment
Federal system
Federal governments
The Constitution states that expressed powers are the federal governments.
No; federal governments have to be bicameral in order to have representation from subnational units.
The state and the federal governments create statutory law.
federal and state governments.
they do
By dividing some responsibilities between the federal and state governments