These "polite" political cuts on the margins will NOT solve the problem. So we are left to draw one of two conclusions:
A) They are sooo clueless and naive that they really believe the BS they are trying will work
or
B) They are cynical realists that are executing a master plan to destroy America and US sovereignty!
IF you think choice B is just for tin hat wearing, Glenn Beck views and other conspiracy theorists, I would challenge you to disprove it based solely on their actions and not the political rhetoric of the government and their willing accomplices in the media.
When the federal budget is cut and the rioting begins, congress will rescind the cuts and then just inflate/hyperinflate the problem away. We'll end up at the same place in the end but, in a Civil war of some sort.