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Rep. Allen West (R-FL) sends his brother to Rep. Waters (D-CA) for a job. (Video)United States Representative Allen West (R-FL) is one of the staunchest Tea Party conservatives in Congress, yet his belief system has evidently caused his brother to seek a job from Democratic Representative Maxine Waters (CA). West has been strongly opposed to any government initiatives on job creation, arguing that free market alone creates jobs. Last Wednesday West went as far as to call progressive leaders like Maxine Waters plantation overseers because they allegedly keep people enslaved under government dependence. If Wests allegation is true, then he evidently did not mind his brother being a slave on Waters plantation. In the video (to the left), Waters explains how Wests brother, Arlan West, is out of work. When Arlan West went to his brother for help he was told by Allen West to seek help from Waters since she was holding a job fair as part of the Congressional Black Caucus. Waters said she was glad to help Arlan West, and he was evidently thankful for the assistance saying the jobs fair was a prime example of elected representatives helping serve their constituents. As Think Progress documents, Arlan West also called his brothers rhetoric unproductive in helping the unemployed.So to conclude, an elected Democrat is helping the relative of one of the most conservative Republicans in Congress. Meanwhile, the elected Republican is busy comparing the Democrats to slave owners and fighting any efforts at government sponsored job creation. Such is the current state of affairs in Congress.