policies like unemployment insurance ensures that citizens are insured and unemployment benefits given to eligible workers who have lost their jobs out of their control. policies helps in cushioning the public against the eventualities in the labor market that may be due to competition or economic performance hence adversely affecting the average citizens. federal policies cuts across all sectors in the economy and seeks to link the operations of the federal government and state governments in achieving sustained growth and development, poverty reduction, provision of basic goods and services to the citizens.