Thank you.
Thank you to all the witnesses for coming.
I would like to start with Mr. Hodgson of the Conference Board, if I might. You had a very sobering study on the gap between young and old that you've referenced today, and you even used the expression “leaving a generation behind”. As a former professor I sure meet a lot of students who are very pessimistic about their future, with youth having twice the unemployment rate, and so forth.
You also referenced the infrastructure deficit and how the government has really only made a “good down payment” on that. Is there a link? Is there a way in which the two issues can be addressed? By increased infrastructure spending and better training can we find new opportunities for youth? Have you put your mind to that?