TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given a statement spoken by a politician in natural language. Your task is to generate the subject of the discussion for the given statement. The subject generated is not necessarily a part of the given input. Your answer should contain one or more words.
PROBLEM: Over the past twenty years, the number of homicides committed with a firearm in the United States has decreased by nearly 40 percent. The number of other crimes involving the use of a firearm has also plummeted, declining by nearly 70 percent.

SOLUTION: crime

PROBLEM: A hundred percent of all the jobs lost during the recession have been reclaimed in Texas while the nation is at about 36 percent.

SOLUTION: economy

PROBLEM: Medicaid is close to 30 percent of the state budget and the biggest expenditure at the state.

SOLUTION:
medicaid