telecommunications ability, that low-income families would have the opportunity to have a discounted land line service in that case. so, what it grew from was the creation of the universal service fund. each telecommunication company provides funding into this fund and programs like, assurance wireless or lifeline, are reimbursed, the fund come out of that to help pay for that. shannon: david, what do you think of the program? sound like a good deal for you?. >> no it is not and i think outrageous first of all sullying ronald reagan trying to make this analogy. what you're having now the federal government extorting public companies, telling them to put money into a pool that will be paid over to provide a fee benefit to individuals who really don't deserve something free on the taxpayer's nickel. how does the taxpayer directly pay for it? because these businesses will treat the expense as an