Stimulus Package & My Delusions

Why the Republicans in Congress and refuse to support the stimulus package is beyond me. Aren't they only hurting themselves?

As Obama said earlier today on "Good Morning America", the economic shambles is something he "inherited 13 days ago".

The Republicans have controlled the White House for 20 years and Congress for 16 years out of the last 28 years.

The Republicans keep calling for TAX CUTS. Tax cuts are a no brainer. We all like tax cuts, but look at the RESULTS of tax cuts. Reagan's tax cuts. W. Bush's tax cuts:


A HUGE INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL DEBT; because they refused to cut spending, especially military spending.

I'm also all for small government, as promised by Reagan and Bush W. but where is it? The government and federal debt over the past 28 years (since 1980) had grown TREMENDOUSLY.

Someone will have to pay it. Future generations? Or the current generation?

And what irks me most about America's current situation: is that as a youth I bought into Reagan's economic philosophy of "small government, lower taxes, market oriented, less government regulation", and now it seems like it was "hyperbole".

Moreover, the Republicans refuse to vote for $800 billion to help stimulate the stalled economy, but they had no problem voting for a trillion dollar war over the last 5 years. The war did absolutely nothing for the U.S. except add a trillion dollars to the national debt and shifted tax revenue to the military industrial complex. Isn't creating jobs and stimulating the economy more important than killing foreigners? Or am I crazy?

What is the Republican party thinking? Are they trying to alienate more people? Do they hate the country that much, that they are trying to bankrupt it? What's their deal?