Define "shut down the gouvernement" ANd funny how you ignorte being caught lying. What "big spenders"? If they influence the republican party to take over their views they can. They all are republicans after all. Keeping it has brought intrests down, so a greece scenario is quit unlikely. Just thought I would bring that little fact up seeing you think the USA is ending up like greece. If people start to threaten with default: yep.
If you cut most parts of the social net the USA has? Plenty. How else are you going to be balance neutral in a year you think? Massive cuts are the only way to do that.