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They have polluting industries all over this country. they have bought up all the congress on the energy committees in the house and the senate on the republican side to make sure that we never do anything about the coal industry, about oil, about our dependence on imported oil, on climate. they have bought everything they can in politics. they're making sure they never have to pay a tax, never have to do any environmental control. >> would ronald reagan look at what's happening today and say yes, governor walker is the inheritor of my spirit? this is the lesson i was trying to teach by firing...

Then we have these huge budget deficits because they don't pay taxes any more. and what do they want to do? cut benefits for the poor, cut education, stipends, cut pay of teachers. it is unbelievable the game going on in this country. a little of it was exposed today, but this is absolutely vile, given what happens. we have workers down, and they are doing everything they can to put in that final twist. >> why would the kochs care about a little union question in a state like wisconsin? >> well, they have business in wisconsin. they have polluting industries all over this country. they have bo...

Industry, about oil, about our dependence on imported oil, on climate. they have bought everything they can in politics. they're making sure they never have to pay a tax, never have to do any environmental control. >> would ronald reagan look at what's happening today and say yes, governor walker is the inheritor of my spirit? this is the lesson i was trying to teach by firing air traffic controllers when they went on strike? >> he might. it is true that reagan got a lot of this started of this unbelievable surge of income and wealth and equality. we never lived like we do now with the middle ...

Of tonight, has won. at least it's gotten the company behind keystone to stop asking for it. joining us now is elana schor, she's energy reporter for politte toe.com. ms. schor, thank you for being here. really appreciate your time tonight. >> thank you. >> short notice for to us book you tonight because we didn't know this was going to happen tonight. were there signals? were there indications leading up to this that keystone might do something like this? >> well, rachel, ever since the canadian election the long-standing expectation that the president would say no to this pipeline has only i...