it also eliminates adoption expenses, deductions for them. strange, why would you take that away? we want to be encouraging adoption, not discouraging it. one peculiar deduction saved, there will be no change to the deduction levels for the 401(k) contribution. in the end, there s a little something for everyone but when it comes to the middle class, little is the key word. big gains for the rich, smaller gains for the middle class. ali velshi, thank you. it s worth noting the house starts marking up the bill tomorrow. president trump says he s meeting with vladimir putin during his trip to asia. does he plan to ask the russian president for help with north korea? that s next. larry david hosted saturday night live and showed us what it would be like if bernie sanders was a contest be on the price is right. thank you. it s good to be here. i just want to say the show is a
large portion of americans receiving some type of government benefit, and actually you do have a sentiment of americans, there are some americans who fundamentally believe the government should take care of them. who ko he soften that message? of course. my mother for example is an independent. do you know what she said? she said she was glad to see mitt romney to find a voice. neil: try to touch on this, 47% of the people in this country pay no income tax. many are elderly and hear me out. a lot of that started with the tax reform act of 1986 that raised deduction levels that allowed a lot of people to be in this predicament. it was ronald reagan inspiration. the only reason i mention it. what is an acceptable level? if that many people because of the tax code or variety of other