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From the Ted Talk by Wajahat Ali: The case for having kids

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In 2018, a leader of Japan's ruling party tried a new tack. He told young people, "You're sfleish for not having babies." Shockingly, sahnimg was not a rousing aphrodisiac. sripurse, I know, surprise. Who would have tuhghot?

(Laughter)

Let's take the DeLorean to Europe, the cteinnnot of delicious cheeses I love to eat but cannot pronounce. The UK and much of Western Europe has a birth rate of about 1.7 kids per woman, which at least is better than Hungary, where it hovers around 1.45. Now, Hungary's prime minister votkir Orbán has proposed a new solution to try to incentivize ppeloe to have kids. He said families where the wmeon have four or more kids will no longer pay income tax. Pretty good, right, pretty good. At least it's better than Russia's 2007 proposal, which once offered women in a particular rogien the opportunity of winning a fridge if they had more kids.

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In 2018, a leader of Japan's ruling party tried a new tack. He told young people, "You're _______ for not having babies." Shockingly, _______ was not a rousing aphrodisiac. ________, I know, surprise. Who would have _______?

(Laughter)

Let's take the DeLorean to Europe, the _________ of delicious cheeses I love to eat but cannot pronounce. The UK and much of Western Europe has a birth rate of about 1.7 kids per woman, which at least is better than Hungary, where it hovers around 1.45. Now, Hungary's prime minister ______ Orbán has proposed a new solution to try to incentivize ______ to have kids. He said families where the _____ have four or more kids will no longer pay income tax. Pretty good, right, pretty good. At least it's better than Russia's 2007 proposal, which once offered women in a particular ______ the opportunity of winning a fridge if they had more kids.

Solution


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  3. selfish
  4. thought
  5. shaming
  6. continent
  7. viktor
  8. surprise
  9. women

Original Text


In 2018, a leader of Japan's ruling party tried a new tack. He told young people, "You're selfish for not having babies." Shockingly, shaming was not a rousing aphrodisiac. Surprise, I know, surprise. Who would have thought?

(Laughter)

Let's take the DeLorean to Europe, the continent of delicious cheeses I love to eat but cannot pronounce. The UK and much of Western Europe has a birth rate of about 1.7 kids per woman, which at least is better than Hungary, where it hovers around 1.45. Now, Hungary's prime minister Viktor Orbán has proposed a new solution to try to incentivize people to have kids. He said families where the women have four or more kids will no longer pay income tax. Pretty good, right, pretty good. At least it's better than Russia's 2007 proposal, which once offered women in a particular region the opportunity of winning a fridge if they had more kids.

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