LR021 Seven million children missing (IM)

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In the spring of 1987, a surprising event occurred in the United States: seven million children suddenly disappeared, not from their homes, but from tax forms. The tax office had changed their rules on April 15. Until then, taxpayers had only had to list their dependent children's name on the tax forms. However, the new rule required taxpayers to write down the Social Security Number of each child. This simple rule change led to the sudden "disappearance" of seven million children -- at least from tax forms.

memo

使ってほしい文法

not A but B

SVO to do

require A to do

ask A to do

help A to do

want A to do

lead to 〜に繋がる (cause)

must ↔ have to

must は発言者の意思

have to は客観的なこと

table: 単語リスト

単語品詞意味重要度仲間・類語備考

suddenly 副突然 2 形sudden

disappear 動消える 3 ↔ appear 名disappearance

tax office 名税務署 - taxが税のこと

payer 名払う人 1 動pay

dependent 形頼っている 1 本文では「扶養の」の意

Social Security number 名社会保障番号 - 日本のマイナンバーのようなもの

出典：スティーブン・レヴィット『ヤバい経済学』p31