It is absolutely amazing the lengths people will go to in order to deny the most straightforward and obvious explanation; to torture and twist plain evidence. That's the thing about rationalizing, though. The narrative usually matters more than the facts.
Take tax reform and interest rates. The problem with tax reform wasn't actually tax reform. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 (TCJA) was chock full of good and reasonable ideas, measures that were desirable on their own merits.
Beside the government "allowing" you to keep more of your own money, the law also