has had zero percent increase in the past eight years. that s the truth. when economists like me say 2.5% income increase or net income increase in the country 2.5% economic growth rate, that s a lie. 0% for bottom 80%. someone has to recognize that and say i ll fight to make that different. only guy that does it says by the way my lusolutions are isolationism and restrictism and shutting down straight, i get it. he has solutions. they aren t right but other ones aren t talking about the fact there s this discomfort. you can walk into a room i want to be clear and we have to go to news. when you say he has solutions, you re not saying they re your solutions. that s what the voter is saying. he s fighting for us. peggy noonan says if he were not nuts, he would get elected. i think that he came in and said you know i m nuts.
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
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 somehow republican voters who are nowhere near that 1% somehow dissociate that from having anything do with their lives. that that doesn t in any way take anything from their lives. well, i think americans in general, not just republicans, think there s nothing wrong with being rich and would like to be rich themselves one day and that s why i think soak the rich from the democratic side is not all that wise. i think fairness is an important issue and you can pillory billionaires, especially koch brothers caricaturize billionaires but you have to be careful talking about taxes especially if you re a democrat. the point back to the minimum
since 1960, the bottom of the 90% of earners have seen their increase increase by 22%. in the same period of time, the top 1% has had an income increase of 271%. this kind of gap, top 1% of 271% since 1960, bottom 90% only increase of 22%. this uneven gap, this uneven growth is all part of the challenge of our time. and as joan said when you look at labor, when you look at what s gone on with minimum wage, unemployment extension, all of this compounds this inequality. yeah. and that s why i think you re finally seeing this bubble up. because it reaches so many people that it s now undeniable.
never happened, come over to the oval office. i want to have a conversation. how do i get immigration reform through congress in the next two years? especially while there seems to be some sort of bipartisan consensus. a lot of republicans have said maybe this should take a few years delaying the action, maybe even punt it all if way through the next election. what do you do to get immigration reform through if you re president obama? i think republicans need to vote on immigration reform bad. i think if this thing really sort of hurt them and if i were president obama, i d tell him, let s get immigration reform done. this is the deal. let s work on rebuilding the middle class in the united states. we have to have this we can focus on something. there was a report that came out yesterday that said over the last 30 years, the bottom 90% of people in america have gotten income increase of $59. i think he s got to pitch