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Sure.
But the ass in the seat could have privatized and cut government programs instead of letting those programs run and rebuild the economy after the previous republican's cuts.
That said, the ass in the seat ALSO could have built functional and equitable systems, and they chose not to. I'll never forgive Obama for not dismantling the surveillance state built by Bush, and instead expanding and privatizing it.
One side of the ratchet is absolutely worse than the other, but we need to flip the switch to get the ratchet turning in the other direction to improve and rebuild our country. Frankly, we stopped building and growing in the 70s to dump resources into Vietnam and bury our heads in the sand on climate change, and never started back up. Our old systems are full of fossilized racism that we need to grow past, and they are atrophying and collapsing around us. Reagan, the Bushes, and Trump45 accelerated that collapse, and Trump47 is trying to deliver the finishing blow with devastating consequences.
I really hope that our next president isn't just another part of this ratchet, but actually rebuilds our country. We need to help: it shouldn't just be about whose ass is in the seat. We need to rebuild our country together.
If you're not familiar with the Two Santas Strategy, one of the major forces behind why the US has been increasingly ineffective and crumbling for over 40 years, give this a read.
https://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/thom-hartmann/two-santas-strategy-gop-used-economic-scam-manipulate-americans-40-years/