From controlling public education and conducting elections, to protecting public health/safety and punishing criminals, the state is able to conduct many things which are not physically written, but are “a given” and understood. A perfect example of one of these powers expressed by the state government would be the decision of a grade school teacher’s pay. It is not uncommon a child will hear once in their grade school life a teacher make not-so-great comments about the amount they are paid. However, the children do not realize that it is the state’s “fault”, not the school, like they might have thought. Interestingly, the final type of power, known as concurrent powers, offers governing factors to both on a state level and the national level. It is a shared power. These are defined by the textbook to “include collecting taxes, building roads, borrowing money, and maintaining courts” (Wilson 34). Without this field of authority, crimes we have today may have not even been in existence, for this is where crimes are defined. Welfare would also be non-existent. It is safe to say that this is an extremely important piece to the
From controlling public education and conducting elections, to protecting public health/safety and punishing criminals, the state is able to conduct many things which are not physically written, but are “a given” and understood. A perfect example of one of these powers expressed by the state government would be the decision of a grade school teacher’s pay. It is not uncommon a child will hear once in their grade school life a teacher make not-so-great comments about the amount they are paid. However, the children do not realize that it is the state’s “fault”, not the school, like they might have thought. Interestingly, the final type of power, known as concurrent powers, offers governing factors to both on a state level and the national level. It is a shared power. These are defined by the textbook to “include collecting taxes, building roads, borrowing money, and maintaining courts” (Wilson 34). Without this field of authority, crimes we have today may have not even been in existence, for this is where crimes are defined. Welfare would also be non-existent. It is safe to say that this is an extremely important piece to the