Frankly, if we can't cut the budget back to where it was in the scary dark ages of, say, 2010 without the world falling apart, then we have way bigger problems than this sequester. But in actual fact, we are not talking about cutting anything, but about slowing the rate of growth in programs. So really, it's all crap political theater.
I don't trust the Republicans in government further than I can comfortably spit a rat, but take off your partisan blinders for a moment and look around. The world is both weirder and more wonderful than your blinkered view will allow in.
Wait! You don't think.... No! Surely politicians wouldn't play games with government services for political gain? Say it isn't so!
Who pays for crap like this?
If you live in the US, you do. This was a NOAA (hence government, hence paid by taxes) report.
And yeah, it's crap, but it strokes the malthusians and doomsayers nicely, so it will be popular crap.
Them as has, gets.