This is the thing......
People are dumb.

Fix News isn't covering the story. If your get your news from them only (and I know people who only trust Fox News) Then they wont believe it or haven't found out about it.

Some people think it's all about the "other guy" I've known some extremely conservative people who are on unemployment and or welfare and receiving food stamps who think it won't affect them if it gets cut it'll affect someone else.

I remember back in the late 70's there was a referendum on the ballot to increase the legal drinking age from 18 to 21. When the polls closed they did a survey. 90 percent of those 18~20 voted for the law. Why? Because they thought it would be grandfathered in and it wouldn't affect them. Guess what it did. I remember because I turned 18 the day the law was enacted.