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Practice Federal State Local Answer the following questions about federal, state, and local governments. Directions: Answer each of the following questions with a brief essay. (8 points) What level of government do you think should be in charge of security from foreign enemies? Write a paragraph explaining why this level of government is most appropriate. Answer: The Federal Government should be in charge of security from foreign countries. The Federal Government is much better at protecting the whole country against our enemies rather than every single state in our country having to protect themselves. Some states are larger than others, some have more money which could limit their resources in the case of an invasion from another country. If each state stood alone they would have to fight off a country without the help of anyone else and the state lost than it would be bad for every other state as well. (8 points) What level of government should you depend on for sanitation in your neighborhood? Write a paragraph explaining why this level of government is most appropriate. Answer: In my opinion, I would lay the overall authority of regulations and procedures to be handled on both the federal and state level in company. I do so because there should be a general set of regulations to follow set by the federal level, but there would also be a variance of regulations dependent on the state’s population and environments etc. that would need to be managed by the state level. Also I would encourage, but not require, that good local governments would also put into place initiatives to assist in sanitation purposes. (14 points) Are there any jobs that you think should be switched among federal, state, and local governments? Why? Answer: I do not think there are any jobs that should be switched. Everything seems like it's
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