The best analogy is a mound of fire ants in the corner of your yard.
Option A: You can remain on the deck and step on the ants one by one suffering the random sting or two.
Option B: You can destroy the nest.
For the last 50 years we have chosen Option A and increased funding for the nest, which has continued to grow. Our success with individual ants has provided us with the illusion that we are winning, but are we?
The Republicans included that item (de-funding the left) a generation ago with the Contract With America. Consequently, Democrats were swept from office in a historic landslide, including the dimwit jug-eared House Speaker.
Then the Gutless Old Party reneged, as usual.