When states go Red, their wingnut zombies become Government Employees. Their slogan:
The old joke slogan that Repukes used when they were in the wilderness was RAYGUN's: "The most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the government and I'm here to help."
When they took over and started stocking all the State jobs with Repukes, there were noticeable behaviors:
1) After cutting and slashing budgets for the agencies they didn't like (i.e., "welfare" ), the big push was for "Volunteerism" that was supposed to fill in the gaps in both services and staff (yeah, right). By the bye, there ARE agencies they like, things about Energy and hunting/fishing licences.
2) The wingnuts discovered that plum jobs and contracts were a giant slush fund for fellow fatcats, relatives, and fellow travelers. Legislative aides for wingnut legislators suddenly plopped into all the Administrative jobs, trickling down over years in the employee pecking order of staffing the agencies. One aide as top Administrator learned that her agency was transitioning into computers (this was the '90s) and lo and behold her hubby just happened to own a computer business, so imagine what the statewide contract was worth and how his status as top wage earner in the family stayed on top dwarfing the wifey's Administrator cash.
So I just gauged how the Service delivery has fared with Repukes down at the phone level. The employees at the local Veterans agency (not the VA, which also don't answer) weren't answering their phones, not returning calls from their voice mail. So, with a deadline on my service needs, I called the state capital number for the agency. So this Sweet Wingnut Belle comes on the line. She says she's not familiar with the particular agency procedures because she works for a call routing switchboard for all of the agencies. Fine. So in order to Route, she started asking what multiple choice services are needed. I said there are only two employees in the local office, not specialized into compartmentalized services, just wanted the general number. She pressed on with her Dulcet Belle HELPFUL (not) screening questions, saying, "I'm asking in order to connect you to the right extension." After she put me on hold then came back, I said, "You know what, never mind." Her saccharine disposition was not bothered in the least and she replied, "All right, then."
As for how I knew she is a wingnut, I've got Wing-Dar.
So for those Government Employees who are of the Wingnut persuasion, their slogan is, "I'm from the government and I'm NOT here to help you. Government is not meant to help."
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