1. Why am I hearing this?
2. Why am I hearing this NOW?
Try to drop your pre-existing beliefs about the topic for a moment (rich people bad, FedBots evil, etc) and ask why this attempt at persuasion has been brought to your attention.
Who benefits from the agitation that occur in your mind when you read this?
You're hearing current reporting on the current results of recent funding increases.
You didn't hear this a year, two years, or five years ago .. because it hadn't happened yet.
It's not that deep a mystery.
My own secular belief system is in shared contribution to the cost and support of civilization. If I alone pay, that is insufficient. We must all pay what is due for the system to effectively function.