they're looking for somebody who speaks to their personal economic concerns, the minimum wage is a personal concern for many voters but not for voters in the middle of the spectrum. so yes republicans don't have a message there but democrats don't have one either. that's why the wins didn't translate into wins in elections for democrats. >> but i do think that's one of the reasons why rubio is hitting something. he realizes the majority of the republican base is struggling paycheck to paycheck so this is a way for him to resonate and move himself away from trump. is. >> and howard dean, when republicans like rubio go for this economic populism as you say they end up being boxed in by their own policies but as josh referred to the tax plan, analysis of rubio's tax plan indicates that the top 1% would have after-tax income increase by 27% trump's tax plan, the same. bush's tax plan top 1% would have their incomes increase by 16.4% under these tax plans and