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From the Ted Talk by Aaron Bastani: A socialist perspective on the pursuit of happiness

Unscramble the Blue Letters


My proposal, instead, is universal basic sceviers, UBS. These are services which are universally available, free at the pnoit of consumption and paid for through pvrgeisrsoe taxation, a bit like the NHS in the UK.

I propose four of these universal basic services -- haelth care, housing, transport and education. Why these four? Housing, because you can't focus on long-term problem-solving, or making something of yourself, if you have to move every 12 months. Believe me, I know. Health care, because the basis of everything else is physical and mental well-being. Education, because you can't be of service to your community if you don't have skills, and we need to start acknowledging that an educated sieocty is a public good. ppleoe training as dentists, as midwives, as engineers -- hey, as accountants. We need those people. Society needs those people, with those skills, to not just thrive, but to survive, and we all benefit from them having those skills. Transport, because you can have the skllis, you can have the husonig, but location can reiamn a constraint on access to opportunity.

Open Cloze


My proposal, instead, is universal basic ________, UBS. These are services which are universally available, free at the _____ of consumption and paid for through ___________ taxation, a bit like the NHS in the UK.

I propose four of these universal basic services -- ______ care, housing, transport and education. Why these four? Housing, because you can't focus on long-term problem-solving, or making something of yourself, if you have to move every 12 months. Believe me, I know. Health care, because the basis of everything else is physical and mental well-being. Education, because you can't be of service to your community if you don't have skills, and we need to start acknowledging that an educated _______ is a public good. ______ training as dentists, as midwives, as engineers -- hey, as accountants. We need those people. Society needs those people, with those skills, to not just thrive, but to survive, and we all benefit from them having those skills. Transport, because you can have the ______, you can have the _______, but location can ______ a constraint on access to opportunity.

Solution


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  4. health
  5. housing
  6. society
  7. point
  8. skills
  9. services

Original Text


My proposal, instead, is universal basic services, UBS. These are services which are universally available, free at the point of consumption and paid for through progressive taxation, a bit like the NHS in the UK.

I propose four of these universal basic services -- health care, housing, transport and education. Why these four? Housing, because you can't focus on long-term problem-solving, or making something of yourself, if you have to move every 12 months. Believe me, I know. Health care, because the basis of everything else is physical and mental well-being. Education, because you can't be of service to your community if you don't have skills, and we need to start acknowledging that an educated society is a public good. People training as dentists, as midwives, as engineers -- hey, as accountants. We need those people. Society needs those people, with those skills, to not just thrive, but to survive, and we all benefit from them having those skills. Transport, because you can have the skills, you can have the housing, but location can remain a constraint on access to opportunity.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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universal welfare 3
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technology revolution 2
demographic aging 2
welfare systems 2
lowest rates 2
top rate 2
local health 2
speculative investment 2
house prices 2

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universal basic services 5
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Important Words


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