The problem we have is that Congress does its best to save the public from feeling any immediate pain for their spending decisions. There should be automatic tax increases on EVERYONE when spending increases. The delay of the pain we have today makes it too easy for Congress to spend and run. The current method encourages the moonbats to believe in nonsense like Monetary Sovereignty.
I think the TPTB including republican PTB have looked at the situation and went with SNAFU. They have a can kicking road map thanks to Japan which blew up several decades ago.