Your argument is basically an ad hominem, and not something that is particularly welcome on HN, as you probably are aware. Whomever is financing the Cato insti

Your argument is basically an ad hominem, and not something that is particularly welcome on HN, as you probably are aware. Whomever is financing the Cato institute is completely irrelevant to the argument made. Had I not cited the source, would you have actually considered the point?