Republican dislike of social programs (I mean their voters, not the politicians) is largely a marketing thing, not based on what the programs actually do. You

Republican dislike of social programs (I mean their voters, not the politicians) is largely a marketing thing, not based on what the programs actually do. You poll people on whether they support Social Program X, you get a very different result from if you describe a hypothetical program that just happens to do exactly what Social Program X does, and ask them if they would support that. For extra comedic value you can also ask if they'd like to replace Program They Hate with this new program that's identical. A similar hating-the-label-not-the-thing effect is how you get nonsensical shit like people apparently thinking Medicare isn't "socialized medicine". If they like it, it must not be [Bad Thing].