I have always marveled at the self-contradictions of working class and middle class conservatism. Time after time, the wealthy have persuaded them to strangle themselves for their own good.
A public employee, a tea partier, and a CEO are sitting at a table. In the middle of the table sits a plate of a dozen cookies. The CEO reaches across, takes 11 cookies, looks at the tea partier, and says, Look out for that public employee, he wants a piece of your cookie.
(can you tell I'm a Wisconsin public employee?)