Self Loathing Conservative Freeloading Voters still Want Tax Cuts and Fewer Benefits.

Think I’m exaggerating when I say every day is opposite day in Republican world. Check out the following examples of ideology trumping the thoughtful process of coming up with a solution.What's becoming more apparent; conservatives receiving government payments are the big talkers, they say they don't want the help. The help they're getting is paid for by the more Democratic states that pay in more than they receive. Go figure;

NYTimes: Ki Gulbranson owns a logo apparel shop, deals in jewelry on the side and referees youth soccer games. He makes about $39,000 a year and wants you to know that he does not need any help from the federal government. He supports politicians who promise to cut government spending. In 2010, he printed T-shirts for the Tea Party campaign. Yet this year, as in each of the past three years, Mr. Gulbranson, 57, is counting on a payment of several thousand dollars from the federal government, a subsidy for working families called the earned-income tax credit. He has signed up his three school-age children to eat free breakfast and lunch at federal expense. And Medicare paid for his mother, 88, to have hip surgery twice.

Mr. Gulbranson and many other residents who describe themselves as self-sufficient members of the American middle class and as opponents of government largess are drawing more deeply on that government with each passing year. Many people say they are angry because the government is wasting money and giving money to people who do not deserve it. But more than that, they say they want to reduce the role of government in their own lives. They are frustrated that they need help, feel guilty for taking it and resent the government for providing it. They say they want less help for themselves; less help in caring for relatives; less assistance when they reach old age.

The message is clear; people like in the above example don’t blame Wall Street and the banks, they blame themselves. The two couples below feel the same way as Gulbranson:

Bob Kopka, 74, has had three heart procedures in recent years. His wife recently had surgery to remove cataracts from both eyes. Without Medicare, Mr. Kopka said, the couple could not have paid for the treatments. “Hell, no,” he said. “No. Never. She would have to go blind.” And him? “I’d die.”

The government helps Matt Falk and his wife care for their disabled 14-year-old daughter. It pays for extra assistance at school and for trained attendants to stay with her at home while they work. It pays much of the cost of her regular visits to the hospital. Mr. Falk, 42, would like the government to do less. Mr. Falk, who owns a heating and air-conditioning business in North Branch. “We just have to say that we can’t offer as much resources at school or that we need to pay a higher premium” for her medical care.

Just like the above examples, again, conservative voters are saying the same thing:

Mr. Cravaack said he did not want to pay higher taxes and did not want the government to impose higher taxes on anyone else. “They’re going to have to reduce benefits,” he said. “We’re going to have to accept it, and we’re going to have to suffer.”

But Dean P. Lacy, a professor of political science at Dartmouth College, has identified a twist; support for Republican candidates, who generally promise to cut government spending, has increased since 1980 in states where the federal government spends more than it collects. The greater the dependence, the greater the support for Republican candidates.

Conversely, states that pay more in taxes than they receive in benefits tend to support Democratic candidates. And Professor Lacy found that the pattern could not be explained by demographics or social issues.