To put it another way, pdq,
the Tea Partiers and Republicans are screaming bloody murder about the possibility of marginal income taxes being raised from 35% to 39% on people with incomes over $250,000.    If having to pay an additional 4% on just the portion of your taxable income that's above $250,000 is such a huge penalty or "burden," then I'd think losing 2% of the total NPR budget would definitely be a significant blow.