State Government

[Actual God]

As far as I can tell, the responsibilities of state government include:

- providing help for the poor
- attracting business to the state
- maintaining some roads and police
- maintaining some parks
- health care sometimes
- creating education standards and lowering the cost of higher education

What does state government do well? What are some examples, maybe from your home state, of successful state government initiatives?

Some will be tempted to respond "lol governmentaments" to indicate the foolishness of the idea of government doing anything right - I'm eager to hear about about specific failed policies or cases of neglect, not " bla bla jackbooted thuggery," even though I'm sympathetic.

I am from Michigan. There is a silly law on the books that says the budget has to be balanced. There is a democratic governor and a republican-controlled congress, and they are constantly in gridlock. It seems like higher education costs are very low here...