You've been "told" that? Who's been telling you that? I've seen some people on the Internet say it, sure. Why do they matter to you?
We can argue til the cows come home how true it is or not, but it has played a role in what we're seeing unfold.
I don't know why the genuinely irrational, harmful things these people believe somehow means that I shouldn't be angry about immensely worthwhile and beneficial programs being shut down on the whim of an unelected billionaire.