Losing All Influence
There is a significance to support.
The American government has been cutting funding in several areas. These are choices that come with both savings and costs. One cost is a loss of influence. Defunded programs that survive will be free of government pressure. It's true of the Church, too. When we cut ourselves off from the world, we lose influence.
Bakers influence dough by adding yeast. It's a choice: hardtack or soft sandwich bread. Significantly, Jesus chose this as an instructive metaphor for how his kingdom spreads. One caveat: God's pressure is love, not mammon.