Sorry, I grew up when Eisenhower was president.  He was the last republican president who actually balanced the budget and warned against wasteful government spending.   I became a full adult under Nixon.  Never in my life did I dream that Nixon would be the last somewhat caring republican president.  While he was a crook, he did some things that benefited the country as a whole and not just the top 1%.  Today's republicans really only care about the top one percent.  They may say they are for the common man, but that is largely just BS.  Their main goal is to increase the wealth at the top.   This increase has to come from somewhere and it is generally from the middle class getting squeezed.

I am not against all republicans.  My state represenative is a republican and I think very highly of her.  But she is of a dying breed I am afraid.