But the state functions this way sometimes, especially when results are less important than Just Doing Something.
It's not like the cracking of the state, or mass unrest, but simply that the Greek state - whose reach was never far into society - is beginning to lose its grip slightly on the actual functions a state should do.
BBC: Greek state starting to lose grip on functions of state
Would citizens see any appreciable changes in the way the Russian state actually functions?
For example, everyone except the anarchists thinks that the basic law and order functions of the State are worthwhile.
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The liberal professions are largely self-regulating and perform functions that the state might otherwise have to, such as setting standards and providing training.
Jim Powell, a senior fellow at the Cato Institute, explains how William Gladstone in the U.K. and Warren Harding in the U.S. got it done: by keeping the functions of the state to a minimum.
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The Secretary of State is hereby authorized to exercise the functions and authorities conferred upon the President by section 105(a) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) with respect to imposition of the visa sanctions described in section 105(c) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)) and to redelegate these functions and authorities consistent with applicable law.
The Secretary of State is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions and authorities conferred upon the President by section 105(c) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(c)) with respect to the promulgation of rules and regulations related to the visa sanctions described therein and to redelegate these functions and authorities consistent with applicable law.
The Secretary of State is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions and waiver authorities conferred upon the President by section 401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with respect to the requirement to impose or maintain visa sanctions under section 105(a) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) and to redelegate these functions and waiver authorities consistent with applicable law.
The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Secretary of State, is hereby further authorized to exercise the functions and waiver authorities conferred upon the President by section 401(b) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8551(b)) with respect to the requirement to impose or maintain sanctions pursuant to IEEPA under section 105(a) of CISADA (22 U.S.C. 8514(a)) and to redelegate these functions and waiver authorities consistent with applicable law.
Much of the money made by the state firms is being soaked up by payments for welfare functions, including the wages of laid-off workers.
And the question is this: Many of the legislative functions of the federal government right now are in a state of paralysis as a result of partisan gridlock.
Do we think all these functions should be done by the state, in this case by fully-trained warranted police officers?
So, pieces of the ideal, which has existed for almost a decade, are beginning to fall into place: multiple devices that serve different functions all pointing at the user and maintaining state, network communications and cloud-based services that coordinate them all, and control points and apps that allow the user to get the most out of his or her device pantheon in the most convenient way.
And then there are those state functions which don't fit neatly into the two other categories - drug treatment, prisoner rehabilitation, the Work Programme, the benefits system.
In exercising the functions and authorities in the previous sentence, the Secretary of State shall consult the Secretary of Homeland Security on matters related to admissibility or inadmissibility within the authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security.
They utilize it only for those necessary functions like national defense that by their nature cannot be provided at the state and local level or privately.
The federal government should do what only it can do, such as national defense, international relations, interstate commerce, and functions that no one state would be able to do like NASA and the Treasury.
Those functions, calculates David Schultz of Hamline University, account for more than two-thirds of the state budget.
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