Which only applies to your voice, the universal service fee youll be paying a fee on broadband and that will happen i imagine in the next several weeks or months. Secondly and critically there are all sorts of other fees that are going to be assessed. For example, currently a lot of broadband providers that had not been classified as Telecom Providers paid a lower rate for the equipment that they attach to the utility poles known as pole attachments. They paid a rate under section 224d. Now because theyre all Telecom Providers they will have to pie a much higher rate under section 224e and smaller providers in particular will have to pay 150 to 200 Million Dollars a year just for those higher pole attachment rates. Then you add on top of that the higher state and local property taxes that a lot of these companies will have to pay because theyre now Telecom Providers. All of these costs have to come out of somewhere. And its going to be the consumers wallet. And that is one of the reaso
He left the law and joined as infantry officer. He was deployed to iraq and also to a provinnal reinstruction team. After his military career, senator cotton served briefly in the private sector and was then elected to the u. S. House of representatives in 2012. Last year, he was elected to serve in the United States senate and now serves in committees of banks, intelligence and Armed Services where hes chairman of the committee on air land. In his maiden speech on the senate floor last week, he warned we have quote system systemically underfunded our military. We look forward to the insights today and ask you to please join me in welcoming senator tom cotton. Sen. Cotton thank you, good morning. Thanks to fpi and the aaf for hosting me this morning for the important work you do. As the senate prepares to debate and vote on a budget resolution this week, i have a very simple message this morning. The world is growing ever more dangerous and defense spending is inadequate to confront th
Officer. He was deployed to iraq and served in the 101st Airborne Division and a Reconstruction Team in afghanistan. Between his tours, senator cotton served at Arlington National cemetery. After his military career, senator cotton served briefly in the private sector and was elected to the u. S. House of representatives in 2012. Last year, he was elected to serve in the u. S. Senate. Now serves on the Senate Committees on banking, intelligence, and Armed Services. He is the chairman of the Armed Services committee the subcommittee. His maiden speech delivered last week, senator cotton warned we have systematically underfunded our military. I look forward to the insights you offer on important issues today and ask you to please join me in welcoming senator tom cotton. [applause] tom cotton thank you. Thank you all. Good morning. Thank you. And chris, thanks very much for the kind introduction. Thanks to fpi and aaf for hosting me this morning for the very important work you do. As the
This is the conventional wisdom on minimum wage wrong . Some conservatives are coming out against the logic. Consider this, why is a longtime republican fighting for a minimum wage hike. Also leaders from all sides have spoken on the usiran deal, but what about the world on the street in iran . Also how are airlines dealing with the major storm on one of the busiest travel days of the year. And George Clooney sounds off on electric cars. Hello, im antonio mora, welcome to consider this. Does raising minimum wage boost some workers earnings while stopping others from finding a job. Joining me now from pal low altoe, california is ron unz, a former candidate for governor of california. He submitted a proposal for a Ballot Initiative to raise the minimum raise to the secretary of state in california on tuesday. Thank you for joining us. You are pushing to raise to 10 an hour by 2014. You have been arguing for this for a couple of years now, but it is not the conservative position. I think
Not sign a deal to keep u. S. Troops in the region after next year. As many as 30 people are feared dead after a sailboat capsized off of the coast of the h bah bahamas. Survivors say the boat was overloaded. Those are the headlines. Im David Shuster. Consider this is up next. And you can always get the latest online at aljazeera. Com. [ theme music ] this is the conventional wisdom on minimum wage wrong . Some conservatives are coming out against the logic. Consider this, why is a longtime republican fighting for a minimum wage hike. Also leaders from all sides have spoken on the usiran deal, but what about the world on the street in iran . Also how are airlines dealing with the major storm on one of the busiest travel days of the year. And George Clooney sounds off on electric cars. Hello, im antonio mora, welcome to consider this. Does raising minimum wage boost some workers earnings while stopping others from finding a job. Joining me now from pal low altoe, california is ron unz,