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Question 1 of 4What is the writer's main position? Question 2 of 4What is the government's justification? Question 3 of 4What does the writer say the government should have done first? Question 4 of 4Why does the writer mention transport and goods prices? Vocabularyتُبَرِّرُjustifies
بَحْتpure
حُجَّةargument
مُقْنِعconvincing
مَبْدَأprinciple
تَوْقِيتtiming
فِئَاتgroups, categories
يَقْتَصِرُ عَلَىis limited to
يَنْعَكِسُ عَلَىis reflected in
الْأَجْدَرُmore fitting, better
نَقْدِيّcash, monetary
الرَّأْي الْعَامّpublic opinion