The uniform opposition by congressional Republicans to measures that serve the common good, such as the recently-enacted American Rescue Plan, is in striking contrast to the Constitution of the United States, which declares that a key purpose of the U.S. government is to "promote the general welfare."  Furthermore, promoting the general welfare is the usual reason that people around the world support some sort of governing authority.  After all, if a government doesn't promote the welfare of its people, what good is it?