Congress Has Been Reluctant to Use Block Grants to Achieve

question 34

Multiple Choice

Congress has been reluctant to use block grants to achieve policy goals because ______.

• A) they allow states to pursue their own goals rather than the federal government's goals
• B) they are too expensive
• C) they are too time consuming to write
• D) state politicians dislike them as much as unfunded mandates
• E) states rarely accept them due to the restrictions written into such grants

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