revenues are high, and discretionary spending is down, by your links.
The debt is going up, but that is due to entitlement spending, which will not be affected by a government shutdown, budget freeze, or any debt ceiling decisions. Social Security, Medicare and Obamacare will not be affected. On the contrary, a shutdown or default will actually cost money.
The GOP budget action is solely designed to wreck the improving economy and make Obama look bad so they will have a chance in next year's election and in 2016.
What we're looking at here is treachery of a high order.
"He who can destroy a resource, controls the resource."
-- Frank Herbert, Dune
Kabuki, indeed.