employers would give a bump to. that's over 24 million workers who get a pay hike to this policy, according to cbo, 500,000 employee lost. so there say cost to this. if you factor that in, this is a program that has a 98% success rate. that is, it helps 98% of the people it targets. and i challenge you to find another program that does this much good to folks that kneeled the income this much at no cost to the federal budget. >> okay. my friend, you've got a bigger brain than i do when it comes to this stuff. your challenge will go do doug. doug, jared challenges you to come up with a better plan. is there one out there? >> let's first stipulate that the interest in this is not politics. this has been a subpar recovery for not just those who can't find a job but those who have jobs and seen real wages and income rise. it's a real problem that needs to be addressed. i'm not a fan of this approach,