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: State school funding per pupil is down 16 percent compared to 2009, after adjusting for inflation.

SOLUTION: education

PROBLEM: Forty percent of union members voted Republican in 2008.

SOLUTION: elections

PROBLEM: ...Over 30 years, federal spending on education has grown by 375 percent, but test scores remain flat.

SOLUTION:
education