It is the difference between cold turkey and gradual withdrawal.  Given the latter has not worked and does not seem to, Cold Turkey it is.  Time to cut off the head of the chicken and get it over with - or congress will never reign in spending.

The only feasible thing we as peons can do is cut off the money and let these despots choke on their own ineptitude. We have the power to do this … but I do not have much confidence in the Republican Party, most especially Speaker of the House John Boehner who talks a good talk but has been complicit in the debauchery we call our Government for many years and through many administrations. Time will tell all!

Neither do I

Or Cantor. I can at least proudly say I did not vote for him last year (He is my rep).  I told him he lost my vote when he voted for the punitive tax on the bonuses of the Wall Street Execs (the separation bonuses).