Why Should We Get $600?

We just learned about the new "stimulus" package in the works, where checks are to be cut for $600 for taxpaying individuals, and $1200 for couples. To be honest, our buying habits haven't been significantly affected by this "downturn," and indeed have been heading in the other direction (we had to make up for lost time out of the country, after all). Sure, this may help buffer the fading economy for the short term, but, in the end, isn't this an overt acknowledgement that the Republican approach to cutting taxes is the way to go?