Answer — Exercise 2

a)

1. the economy of the island; spend more on promoting tourism to help businesses
2. the state of the schools; increase taxes on wealthy people to pay for the improvements to the schools
3. unemployment and defence; increase spending on defence in order to make the country more secure and give young people jobs as soldiers
4. cost of living; reduce taxes on ordinary people in order to have a better standard of living

b)

1. First we have to ... ; I'd suggest that we spend more on ...
2. To me, the biggest problem is ... ; I think the government should ... to pay for ...
3. This would help to ... ; The problem is ... ; I think the government should ...
4. The best option is to ...