Sequester stuff is all just a smoke screen anyway.
$40B out of a $4T budget ? That's 1% in "cuts".
And, it's not even in cuts, it's in "oh, we WERE PLANNING spend extra money in March... but now we're not going to".
So... anything that blames things on 'sequester' is pure b.s. and wholly ulterior motive based to push an agenda.
I will agree that the dramatic effects on our country are a bunch of political fluff, however these cuts aren't BS and will have real impact.
50% of these cuts will occur within DoD. Military pay (one of the biggest budget items) is exempted, so all those cuts need to be spread across O&M, civilian pay, and acquisition/logistics accounts. Add to that the fact that all deployed operations will continue to receive full funding, and the budget year is almost half over (meaning 100% of the cuts come despite the fiscal year being half over). Training programs, flying hours, and routine maintenance are all taking huge hits. DoD civilians are looking at furloughs and a 20% reduction in pay.
You can argue whether those effects are bad or needed, but they do exist.
