Sadly it goes back to that progressive republican Theodore Roosevelt, republican William Taft, and democrat Woodrow Wilson (Taft much, much less than the other two). Our form of national government crumbled on their watch, with their strong encouragement.
In the first Democratic debate(?) It appears that each of them wants to become the ‘New’ Santa Claus. Sanders has a bright idea that only costs just $18 trillion, coincidentally just about what we already owe. And the Hildebeast says it can be done, just take it away from all of the multi-millionaires and billionaires, except the Clintons of course.