You give people more credit than they deserve. You must be surrounded by politically astute friends and relatives.
I've got a sister that insists she pays NOTHING in taxes because her income is low enough that the EITC completely refunds even the SS/M taxes she paid.
The concept that everything she purchases includes the taxes that the supply-chain remitted is completely beyond her. She votes for every new social program that comes along -- because she "won't have to pay for it, because she doesn't make enough to pay taxes." In the last Cali election, she voted for an increase in property taxes on rental property to pay for "free" pre-school. Why not ? She doesn't own rental property. Do you suppose she'd make the connection if her landlord raised the rent on her townhouse ?
Politicians don't under-estimate human stupidity. They count on it.