Marco Rubio is Filling in the Blanks of “Trumponomics”

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"Yes, the cashier at a fast food chain makes significantly less than the company's CEO. The problem we face is not simply the gap in pay between them, but rather that too many of those cashiers are stuck in the same job for years on end, unable to find one that pays better. "And it is this lack of mobility, not just income inequality, that we should be focused on."

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'I spent a tremendous amount of time focused on the opportunities I had as the son of a bartender and a maid in the past century,' he says. 'I didn't spend nearly enough time talking about what the bartender and the maid face today. Government has an essential role to play in buffering this transition,' he says. 'If we basically say everyone is on their own and the market's going to take care of it, we will rip the country apart, because millions of good hardworking people lack the means to adapt.' Economic liberty, in this retelling, becomes something the government is required to guarantee. It is the freedom to enjoy 'the dignity of work', says Mr Rubio. 'There needs to be a conservative movement that addresses these realities.'"

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He has the opportunity to play a similar role for President Trump on policy to what Jack Kemp played for Ronald Reagan.

In the past, Republican economic policy has been totally skewed toward benefiting corporations versus families. But giving large tax breaks directly to the American people, as Reagan did by cutting marginal rates, is a much more effective way to address the concerns and needs of the middle class. Corporate America is doing fine right now. Who needs the relief more? Who needs the hand up?

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