Yeah, I'd tell them to get their funding from the Rest of the Earth.
Considering that NASA's budget has bloated to about four times what it was in 1968, and the only way they have to get anyone into space is to call Uber to arrange the ride with the Russians -- NASA should be a prime target for any budget cutting axe.
For the budget, as you comparing 1960’s dollars to today’s dollars? Because, in equivalent dollars, percentage of the budget, and percentage of GDP, NASA’s budget is smaller than in the 1960’s.
The current problem with NASA is that there are no visionaries at the head. Just a bunch of zero’s politically-correct cronies. The technical expertise is there, just not the will to effectively use it.