I think it was an interesting factoid and I upvoted you, though a little more evidence would have been welcome.

Though I do think their opinions may be skewed, I don't doubt the facts they are presenting in this article.

I didn't downvote it (and I very rarely downvote anything other than spam), but your comment is precisely the sort of ad hominem dismissal that this thread is complaining about. A glance at the blogs on cato.org shows a pro-business editorial line which is perfectly well aligned with the chamber of commerce wing in both parties. It is very anti-Trumpian and somewhat anti-Biden. I am not a huge follower of the Cato Institute, but in my recollection, this is the same type of stuff that could be found there 20 years ago.

Sometimes Cato has useful studies or data, and then it's worth reading. It's a moderate, academic, economics-colored point of view on the world. I wouldn't call it exciting, but this kind of complete dismissal in a thread about dismissal and silencing of moderate voices apparently looks silly to some people.