and soaring gas prices in real wages falling labor participation the lowest in the seventies and showing it will get worse not better. joining me that domestic policy studies at stanford university and california comptroller bonnie chen. and those that talk about the impact of the policy mix that we start with the trump presidency on the economy. >> the two approaches to the economy cannot be more different on the one hand you have the approach to simplify taxes and lower the tax rates across the board to figure out ways to get rid of regulations to inhibit the ability of businesses to create jobs you have an energy policy that seeks independence for the united states not dependent on foreign sources of oil we stop