FREE ESSAY ON FEDERALISM

FEDERALISM

Federalism
Basicly Federalism is a way of setting up a government with multiple layers so that there
is more than one level that has authority over the people. Different types of government
share the power associated with running a county. In the United States our two main
layers of government lie between the states and the federal aspects. Our federal system
not only decentralizes our politics but also our polices. We elect leaders and
representatives on a statewide level and create and vote on public policy as well. On a
national level, they give protection and establish laws for the states to follow. 
The federal government also helps the states in the way of mandates. Although these
mandates sometimes hurts the states instead of helping them. As congress decides to
administer funds to continue programs, the states must extend the bandwidth of the
program usually increasing the budget of funds needed for that particular program. This
causes the states to raise more money just to receive more money from the government. 
How Federalism ties in with limited government is pretty straightforward. The idea of
limited government is so that there are restrictions on what the ruler can and cannot do.
The multiple layer of government of federalism stays within these boundaries. The federal
and state systems of governemnt perform checks and balances on one another, which insures
that a law or demand will not go out unchecked. Just having two branches of government
instead of just one also insures that not one has all the power.