If you mean state government as in countries it is to maintain Order and make things easy for the governed. If you mean American state government has very little point apart from when America was formed the states were already in exstistance and people we reluctant to get rid of them hence America is actually more like an organisation with different countries in them than a single country
To state the purposes of the government :)
nova net: to give people a voice in their government
nation
One purpose of the Constitution of the State of Florida is to lay out the structure of the state's government. Other reasons for the constitution are to clarify the duties and powers of the government, and establish the basic laws of the land.
preamble
preamble
preamble
To provide financial support for the federal government
Federal grants
Federal grants
society in every state is a blessing, but government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worse state an intolerable one; for when we suffer, or are exposed to the same miseries by a government.
Protection