The GOP is just going in the hole more slowly. Both parties are parties of federal spending beyond tax revenue; which means both parties like federal control.
If we can slow the rate of increase, that’s a start. If we can slow the rate of increase of government to lower than the rate of increase in the economy, even better. To change things we need to radically change the economy: I am proposing a Bastardy Tax and Teenage Work Camps myself as revenue enhancers.