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Million a year. and as deftly as i said outlining the three events that reveal once again that what matters most to republicans, especially elected republicans in washington is protecting the well off from redistribution of their wealth to those who they believe don't deserve it. and look who is helping this along, the supreme court. whose decision this very week puts money above people. here is senator chuck schumer on that decision. >> they wish to dismantle all limits on giving piece by piece until we are back to the days of the robber barons. when anyone or anything could give unlimited mo...

Their wealth to those who they believe don't deserve it. and look who is helping this along, the supreme court. whose decision this very week puts money above people. here is senator chuck schumer on that decision. >> they wish to dismantle all limits on giving piece by piece until we are back to the days of the robber barons. when anyone or anything could give unlimited money, undisclosed and make our political system seem so rigged that everyone will lose interest in our democracy. >> number two after the supreme court decision, the ryan budget that cuts aid for working people and helps corp...

Decision, it blew the doors off. the fact is when you have only a handful of people out of millions of people in this country whoever even get to that limit, they've got all of the power and all of the control. and it is true. he who pays the piper plays the tune. in this case, 646 people are going to be playing the tune, and the rest of russ just there for the ride. >> chuck schumer, a top democrat launched the party's counterattack against yesterday's court ruling in the supreme court. let's listen. >> they wish to dismantle all limits on giving piece by piece until we are back to the days o...

Going to match this kind of corporate money? we all know they don't like the president. we all know who his enemies r so the bottom line is how in the world could you ever match this money going into 2012? >> well, obviously, that is something we are going to have to consider, ed, we aren't going to give up the fight to try to get them to disclose this and raise very high the banner of campaign finance reform. look, it makes no sense, if you and i give a contribution, we can give up to $2300 and we have to disclose who we are, our address, what we do and world knows what we've done. yet we hav...

Keys. there are the antlers. "morning joe" starts right now. we have this parallel system in the shadows in which people can give $100,000, $1 million, $10 million, not the captains of these industries and special interests, to defeat or elect candidates and they don't have to disclose. it makes the campaign finance system fraudulent and it throws us back to the days of the robber barons and the gilded age. we'll keep fighting this fight. we'll deal with whatever happens. it's not something we'll leave alone, i'll tell you that. karl rove says they have no proof. no one can have any proof wh...