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Powers. the irs in a way is over because people -- it's kind of back to your point, bob. the people that really have to worry are the left because they have to balance out themselves. >> bob: here's why they don't have to, greg. the issue with the at a party, the irs went after tea party over 501c4 status. c4 status. on the right is the tea party. on the left, move on action civic committee. media matters, progressives united. they didn't target them. >> kimberly: that's the problem. >> bob: here's the problem, though. now the left is saying well, you know, we should close all those loopholes ...

Conquer between public employees and divide people within the public employees. it is not going to work. we in wisconsin are going to stand up for the rights you talked about. you listed things like child labor laws, minimum wage and other ideas that came through the labor movement. much of that, most of that, came from wisconsin originally. this is a proud tradition. and we are not going to let governor walker acting as a shill for the corporations destroy the rights of working people. >> you formed a grass roots political action committee, progressives united. i know some of the inspiration ...

Conquer between public employees and divide people within the public employees. it is not going to work. we in wisconsin are going to stand up for the rights you talked about. you listed things like child labor laws, minimum wage and other ideas that came through the labor movement. much of that, most of that, came from wisconsin originally. this is a proud tradition. and we are not going to let governor walker acting as a shill for the corporations destroy the rights of working people. >> you formed a grass roots political action committee, progressives united. i know some of the inspiration ...

Laws going back to tillman act that banned certain corporate activities in politics, all the way through decisions for almost 100 years. gutted the laws that were the foundation for making sure corporate treasuries couldn't dominate the political process. that was something that was done to counter effects of what was known as the gilded age. this creates a gilded age on steroids, and it is fundamentally changing the political process. we have to reverse the decision. we only need one vote on the supreme court to change to make that happen, and that's one of the things we hope happens in the n...

And said let corporations take whatever money you spend for toothpaste, gasoline, spend it to destroy and control the political process. progressives united is people all over the state of wisconsin and all over the country coming together to fight for the rights of individuals in the political process and to not allow corporations to have those exact same rights. so we're going to fight this decision. we're going to try to overturn the decision. we're going to try to support candidates that fight the implications of it, from the oil companies to the financial benefits that have been given to ...