Will the real conservatives please stand up?

This historical stereotypes of political parties is this:
* Democrats increased taxes and increased spending
* Republicans decreased taxes and decreased spending

However, the Republican stereotype has ceased to be true. During the Bush administration and the Republican majority in Congress, Republicans have become the party that decreases taxes and increases spending. This puts us in a position of funding the government by printing money. This is obviously unsustainable without driving up inflation, but so far Republicans have escaped detection of this by the public.

This is sad in that it leaves American voters with no choice for a party that will reduce spending. This is a significant gap in American politics. If it continues, Republicans are in danger of losing their reputation of being the party of small government and reduced spending, especially if the Democrats or another party fill the gap and pick up responsibility for cutting spending.