A Temptation too Great? Republicans and the Stimulus

A Temptation too Great? Republicans and the Stimulus

Congressional Republicans rightly opposed the stimulus leviathan last year on the grounds that it wouldn't spur job growth -- or at least, not as much as cutting taxes and liberating the economy's true job creators - small businesses. In rare but classic political form, Republicans managed to draw a line in the sand, clearly pitting their arguments for an American economic renaissance versus a Democratic plan that was headed for certain doom. Fair enough.

Yet over the past year, it seems as though Republicans are on the verge of falling off the spending wagon and reverting to the bad habits...