The cost of a college education, the need to lower health care costs and a budget deficit need to be resolved together.  The nonprofit community can help with the three components.

1. First is the linking of jobs that are eligible for loan cancellation to those attending college.
2. The second is working with government to create a national health insurance system since many nonprofits depend on federal and state funds for portions of their programming or donations.
3. The third component as it relates to budget deficits needs to be dealt with by those organizations whom own large amounts of property exempt from taxation.  Local services are very dependent upon property taxes and certain organizations such as universities, churches and medical facilities are some of the largest landlords. Congress should pass a bill that allows for a user fee to be set per thousand for any community where any net holdings worth above $10,000,000 are controlled by any one organization regardless of federal ID number.

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