Doug, my friend, you can't argue with history. The republican party has always benefitted the wealthy. The democrats have pased major legislation to benefit the less fortunate. Laws such as:
Child labor
Minimum wage
Social security
Medicare
Medicaid
Mine safety
The democrats created labor unions, the unions created the middle class.
The list is long, and the republicans have fought every piece of this type of legislation tooth and nail.
Tax cuts? who did the last one benefit? Not me! I paid in a hell of a lot more than I got back, just like the wealthy. Only difference is, it was so small it amounted to zip, but, it destroyed the surplus. I used to think Bush was stupid, now, I believe him to be a sociopath, and the most dangerous man in the world.