Sorites paradox I think, maybe they even think "if it goes low enough yes I will cut funding"

But every time it goes low it still doesn't feel low enough and they still keep funding and thinking that "when it is low enough I will cut it all off".

Like in the paradox, when is the last grain you can take off of heap of sand that makes it stop being a heap of sand? How low is low enough that they need to cut funding?

I wish they said clearly either "I will never cut funding" or "I will cut funding when..." and gave us numbers