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Democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the vulnerable populations. And that theyre often adversely affected by technology transitions. So the question very simply is, is what can we do, what should we be doing to ensure that reliable voice and Broadband Services are delivered to the public regardless of economic background or geography . Well, if i can just jump in a little bit. I think its really two questions. One question is the rural question. How can you get these facilities that are very expensive built in very rural areas . And that the fcc and a number of states have universal funds to help get that infrastructure built. The other question, th ....
Im worried about holes or gaps. If i can go down that way of this idea of the penetration were seeing sort of equally applied, you know, access to technology is to me a great democratizing force. It is powerful in terms of being a ladder for social and economic mobility. But right now there are really significant discrepancies in the adoption and availability of a lot of these technologies such as broadband in lower income communities. So im concerned about that these communities are often the vulnerable populations. And that theyre often adversely affected by technology transitions. So the question very simply is, is what can we do, what should we be doing to ensure that reliable voice and Broadband Services are delivered to the public regardless of economic background or geography . Well, if i can just jump in a little bit. I think its really two questions. One question is the rural question. How can you get these facilities ....
Loan debt. It announced a measure late in the week that democrats plan a student loan push in june. What are they proposing to do . This is a way to lower the Interest Rates on student loans. What is interesting about this you have to look at everything especially that the senate is doing this year as an electionyear push. Democrats found the student loan push helpful when they took recontrol of the senate. They have done it repeatedly. It is an issue not only with young people but with families who are being squeezed because of the higher cost of living and higher expenses. It gets a lot of attention, but i would not expect this to clear the house anytime soon. They seemed to lay down the gauntlet to challenge republicans in the senate to support the bill, but so far nobody on the republican side is backing that. Right. Lets take a look at the house. Eric cantor releasing his memo, telling members what ahead for june. What are so ....
Involved because it is not just the right thing to do for veterans, but also the right thing to do for their budgets. Onent studies have shown chronically homeless person can cost communities between 30 50,000 per year in emergency room visits, medical bills, Law Enforcement for some individuals can be even higher. The cost to give someone a home the cost to give someone a home of their own is only about 20,000. This is on so many Different Levels and that is why i want to applaud everyone leading the way and i want to urge more leaders across the country to get involved as well. We have to get more people. I know how competitive our mayors can be. [laughter] i have seen it. That is why i am excited. You like to challenge each other. We saw it in phoenix and salt lake city. So, i want to know if more mayors can challenge each other on this issue can you challenge a neighbo ....