Crisis Real or Manufactured?

We have just come through a monstrous crisis that would have caused "The first ever US Default and sent shock waves throughout the world in the area of Finances". Americans have been branded as racists, as terrorists and other such labeling,  that serve only to inflame an already stirred up populace to the point of not paying attention to what happens right under their noses.

The question I have is was this crisis real or manufactured?
The reason I ask this question is, Washington kept insisting that if the Debt 
Ceiling were nor raised prior to the deadline date of 08/02/11 the impact would be felt around the world and other countries that depended on the economy of the United States would then fall into chaos, The impact would also be felt at home with higher prices for everything, unemployment would skyrocket, health care would become untenable, savings would disappear, utilities would skyrocket, your hair would fall out, you would grow warts etc,etc,etc.

I read a book recently titled The Overton Window by Glen Beck which is based on the premise that if the situation being dealt with is objectionable to the point where it is causing to much in the area or repercussion then present a situation that is even more objectionable and push it hard enough to stir up an emotional response even bigger than the last one. In doing so, the first situation, which is the desired outcome, seems more acceptable than the latter so therefore that becomes what is in fact the policy.

Now how did this play out?

At first President Obama touted the raising of taxes to offset the debt, this would be accomplished by taxing the "Millionaires and Billionaires" so they could pay more because they have more and that should be the way of things, isn't that the same "Redistribution of wealth" that is talked about in the Manifesto published by Karl Marx, and other "Socialists/Communists" this would be done so those earning less than $250,000 per year would not have to bear the brunt of the taxes that needed to be levied, there was no mention of how much of the debt would be spread out among all the people though, ( a person earning approximately $100,000.00 per year would wind up spending in taxes and inflated prices around $73,000.00 per year when the debt ceiling hit 16.4 Trillion, isn't that what they just did?

As far as defaulting, (another myth), that was no more likely to happen than Obama actually becoming what the President of the United States should be. The figures from the GAO show the United States takes in about $200 to $230,000,000.00 per month, from this amount subtract roughly 70% for operating expenses, leaving 30% for Social Security, Military, and Debt Maintenance. which allowed more than enough to pay the interest on the debt, thereby avoiding default.

Now if we have on hand enough to avoid default, and pay Social Security and other entitlements, why was all this fuss raised? Remember the description of the Overton Window.

The radical element that wants"Fundamental Change" in this country include people like Saul Alinsky (now deceased), George (Spooky Dude) Soros,
Richard Trumpka (AFofL-CIO), Bill Ayers (Weather Undergrund), Bernette Dorn (Bill Ayers wife), Van Jones (Former Jobs Czar, aka Avowed Communist) to name but a few, are all in step with Barak Obama, he relies on them for guidance, and of course don't forget Jeremiah Wright, and other such notable people who have influenced our President

So again I ask after the emotional content is cleared and reason returns, was this debt crisis real or manufactured?

One of the tenants in the radical's play book is "If there is no crisis, make one."