The United States is the only country in the world where the conservatives vote for a budget, but then when fall rolls around, refuse to pay for it. It's just

The United States is the only country in the world where the conservatives vote for a budget, but then when fall rolls around, refuse to pay for it. It's just a political lever that they discovered, where pulling it damages the country, but somehow scores political points, so they are pulling it over and over and over again. Stop rewarding them for it. If they actually gave two craps about the debt, they wouldn't vote for a budget where expenses exceed revenue. But doing that wouldn't score them political points, so...