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Why are conservatives supporting this liberal?"
They're really quite socialist. See their numbers. See the major influence in politics.
OpenSecrets.org American Fedn of St/Cnty/Munic Employees [
State/County/Municipal Employees]
[Total Contributions:] $94,708,977
[To Dems & liberals:] $93,739,954
[To Repubs & Conservs:] $671,755
[Pct to Dems & liberals:] 99%
[Pct to Repubs & Conservs:] 1%
Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think) National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
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...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."
...and pensioners from the same.
There are two main factions of socialists now in the two main political parties. One faction is mostly state and local (supported by federal funding to obscene extents), and the other is mostly federal. They're fussing over which sub-factions will get larger shares of funding.
And that's why they despised Scott Walker so much. He worked more than any other well known politician to cut big government spending and socialist political influence.
What remains of the true private sector is mostly impoverished and isolated from politics. Most American-"based" manufacturing is done on foreign soil. Men are broken. Families are broken.