No - the alternative is to hold the same fight over the budget rather than the debt ceiling.

Let us use the analogy (as Kevin McCarthy suggested) of a credit card. Suppose we (the country) have been overspending and now we owe too much and really need to do something about our debt. Here are two options:

(1) Stop charging so much on the card.

(2) Stop paying the bill on the card.

There are lots of good arguments for doing (1), but I have trouble thinking anyone prudent would advise doing (2). And that's what Noah's article recommends.