You are right. We do not have candidates that run on serious spending restraint.
Democrats always run on spending lots more while giving lip service to cutting the military and corporate welfare.
No programs in existence really get reformed for the modern era.
One thing I learned in Tegucigalpa is that if you can manage to hang onto a little wealth it won’t be too bad. You do need to be able to afford a small finca and pay somebody to walk around at night with a shotgun.