I guess there are two reasons. First, the agencies and what they accomplish are being decimated. It is going to cost plenty of money to bring things back up to where they were at the beginning of this whole debacle. Second, there is horrific debt. The Republicans are do this so that there is no choice but to cut non-discretionary programs in order to be able to payoff a portion of the debt. There will be no discretionary monies left. So, the Democrats will have the unfortunate and politically disastrous decision to cut Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security. Just wait and see.