You don't seem to understand what the debt ceiling is. It is not new money. It's money already spent. If you don't raise it, you default on debt. So yes, it is a manufactured crisis, because it isn't authorizing spending, it's merely paying the debts you owe.

They prey on the uneducated in order to grandstand and and gain political points with those that don't understand how things work. 

What you are looking for is a way to stop them from spending in the first place.