"They do not want the government to redistribute wealth as a means to solve America's problems."

Conservatives, starting with Ronald Reagan, having been "redistributing wealth" through taxation from the bottom up to the tippy top 1%. When I was born Eisenhower, a Republican, was president and the top marginal tax rate was near 90%. That's how we paid for our interstate highway system and a host of other public works projects. Now the top marginal tax rate is around 35%. That's redistribution - upward.