Oh come on JK. How many times are you going to put on this fake "shock". It is well known that you work for one of the Cato Institute branch think tanks and as everyone knows they were founded and funded by Big Oil.

"Aside from its own advocacy efforts, the Cato Institute has become a substantial funder of other "like-minded" think tanks around the U.S"
"The Cato Institute appears on several Philip Morris lists of "national allies," including a 1999 "Federal Government Affairs Tobacco Allies Notebook," and in a less-specific list of "National Allies" dated 2000. [34][35]"

"In 2006 Cato raised approximately $612,000 from the following 26 corporate supporters were:"
Altria (the report identifies Altria Corporate Services as the contributor)
American Petroleum Institute
Amerisure Companies
Amgen
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Comcast Corporation
Consumer Electronic Association
Ebay Inc
ExxonMobil
FedEx Corporation
Freedom Communications
General Motors
Honda North America

"The Cato Institute has been supported by:"
Castle Rock Foundation (Formerly Coors Foundation)
Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation
Earhart Foundation
JM Foundation
John M. Olin Foundation, Inc.
Claude R. Lambe Charitable Foundation
Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation
Scaife Foundations (Sarah Mellon Scaife, Carthage)

In its 2006 annual report, Cato listed that it had received funding from 72 foundations during the year, amounting to $3,113,000

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Cato_Institute