Why is the federal government important to our nation?

Why is the federal government important to our nation? Using specific facts and details, explain your response.

Constitutional rhetoric in the process of governing educates America's citizens and serves as a barometer of what is on the national mind. Most important, constitutional rhetoric in the White House and on the floor of Congress gives us an imperfect but useful indication of whether the nation's leaders are actually taking into consideration the nation's highest law.

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Thought/sr22.cfm

National Defense. read Declaration of Independence and the preamble to the Constitution.

I happen to agree with Orange County on this.