Koch funded propaganda to scapegoat the least able to challenge this wedge issue distraction Op invested in to manipulate you into
politically supporting the best interests of the Koch family. Widow Koch is the wealthiest woman in New York state and her brother-in-law is the 20th wealthiest man in the U.S. How is voting for the candidates for public office under the influence of bullshit like these CATO claims
that are invested in because the Koches and other of wealthiest G.O.P. voters expect a return for their donations dramatically greater than
the outlay, thanks to you and others of your ilk, possibly in the best interests of you?
2013 pushback against this long running CATO scapegoating disinfo OP,
"...Quite the contrary, however, these programs provide important supports for working families.
Here, specifically, are some of the ways that Cato gets it wrong:
Cato ignores the fact that low-income working families are eligible for, and receive, assistance through programs such as SNAP, Medicaid, housing assistance, and WIC. When considering the assistance that low-income
working families receive, Cato assumes they receive
none of these benefits and only get help from the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) and Child Tax Credit.
In fact, large numbers of low-income working families receive assistance through these programs — and fewer jobless families receive these benefits than Cato assumes:
- In 2011, 86 percent of low-income children receiving health coverage through Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) were in working families (see chart). (Although, in many states today, low-income working parents often are ineligible for Medicaid or other forms of health coverage even if their earnings are less than the poverty line, that won’t be true any longer in states that adopt the Medicaid expansion under health reform.).."
