It is an article of faith among CLs that a dollar taken from the private sector and given to the government is a dollar, not merely wasted, but used to curtail your freedom. And so, in many red states, you have seen a concerted effort to cut taxes and substantially reduce spending on vital public services. PBPs have tolerated this because, after all, they have been the primary beneficiaries of the tax cuts.
But tax cuts and deregulation can only take business so far. The Third World plantation model of economic growth doesn’t create educated workers or wealthy consumers; as I’ve noted before, there is no “Mississippi Miracle.” In addition, at some point, the voters tend to rise up in defense of teachers, decent roads, and providers of public safety. As a result, we are starting to see some backlash, and the PBPs are starting to split from the CLs in some red states.