In the following passage, some of the words have been left out. Read the passage carefully and select the correct answer for the given blank out of the given alternatives. Note that the word to be chosen has to be synonymous to the word given in the bracket.

The discussion on a social security and welfare system has degenerated into something __(1)__ (similar) to throwing money from a helicopter, especially in the politically charged atmosphere of competing claims. The __(2)__ (types) of a universal basic income proposed by both those national parties are, in effect, a __(3)__ (concealed) admission of mismanagement and failure to provide citizens with basic public goods. There is no guarantee that __(4)__ (guaranteed) income programmes, by whatever names they’re called, will result in the poor gaining improved access to quality education or healthcare infrastructure. The rush to announce competing schemes should be preceded by __(5)__ (thought) on the ethics of replacing public goods with hard cash.