Question: Which of the following statements describing the advantages and disadvantages of the federal system is NOT true? nect • Advantage: Citizens can engage with national, state, county, municipal, and school district governments, having numerous access points to participate in their governments. • Advantage: It offers flexibility that makes for a more efficient, effective, and responsive government; because of their proximity, local and state governments can respond more quickly, and with a better understanding, to regional problems and needs than can the national government. • Advantage: It provides for equal funding for services and policies from state to state; state and local governments have access to the same public services and rights than citizens in other states. Disadvantage: Vague constitutional language means difficulties for citizens and governments to discern which government has the legal responsibility to solve the problem they want addressed, or which elected official has the authority and resources to solve a specific problem.