It's either white guilt (they feel guilty merely for being a successful white man), or they are hoping everyone will get addicted to the government dole, then he and his fellow 'elites' will swoop in and rule us all since we obviously can't take care of ourselves.
My theory is that the federal government takes such a HUGE bite out of the economy that these guys soak up some of the money (gubmint contracts and such). When I took eco 101 I was surprised that government was one of the top ten employers (maybe top five).
I think if a real conservatives took power (not republicans or their buddies the dims) and cut the federal budget by 20% it would throw the economy in the toilet for a brief time as the redistribution from government to industry took hold; all just a pet theory of course.
But that is why I think these guys latch onto big government. They are following the money and the government has stolen ours in spades.