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Republicans aren't the problem here, they're a natural result of a two party system. If you have a coin, half the time you'll get the "good" side, and half the time you'll get the "bad."
And this isn't to say either side is consistently "good" or "bad," parties rarely stick anything. The deregulation you're complaining about started under Jimmy Carter, affectionately called "the great deregulator." In fact, many (most?) of Carter's changes took effect during Reagan's term, and it was incredibly successful.
However, for some reason Democrats are now against deregulation, probably because Republicans took the credit and Democrats needed to rebrand.
That doesn't imply that Trump's deregulation is "good," it just means deregulation isn't inherently "bad."