Why do radical republicans keep pushing for extreme budget cuts when they will do nothing but?

Because if we don't, we'll lose our AAA rating. Then the cost of borrowing money will be very high interest if we can even continue to borrow money. The "recovery" is very questionable. The price of existing housing took another huge dip. There is talk of a new plan for the government to give people $21k to walk away from their home. Wow. I never heard of such a thing. Wouldn't it be better to make the business environment better so they could get a decent job? Wouldn't that be a more lasting kind of real recovery?