in regard to the above, Yes, the rich buy alot of "stuff" and don't necessarily create jobs: they ship jobs overseas or hire "Cheap" labor here. they do not want the middle class protected with decent minimum wages or health care, they are the Walt-Mart CEO's. Its government's role to protect the middle class, not the rich's job (what they want is to get richer with no government oversight (i.e. Walt-Mart, overseas jobs, the housing fiasco) while middle class suffer,

The smart conservatives would support policies that protect the middle class, because that will help them in the long run also.