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

a. they allow states to pursue their own goals rather than the federal government’s goals