The Republicans are like lemmings rushing toward the sea, squawking the old "give most to the richest individuals and businesses" -- even tax subsidies to send our businesses overseas (Rep. Mike Pence, Indiana) -- and moan about directly helping so much the vast majority of Americans. These are the same disastrous ideas that got us into this economic meltdown. They have put themselves in the position of uniformly hoping our crisis turns into a full-fledged depression; otherwise, they will look heartless, crazy-partisan, and stupid for not voting to add millions of new jobs, to repair our crumbling infrastructure, and give the vast majority of suffering Americans substantial tax relief. Their talk of "fiscal responsibility" seems purely fraudulent, given the fact they followed Bush and Cheney in doubling our national debt -- adding over five trillion $$ -- in the short span of eight years.