There is no accounting (no pun intended) for some people's reasoning. In Alaska some years ago Alaskans voted to move the state capital farther north to what at that point was barely a village; the plan was to start literally from the ground up. (Of course, a number of people bought up a lot of land in the area, so a lot of money was involved.)

An immediate petition was formulated and circulated in an effort to get enough valid signatures so that on the ballot of the next election there would be a measure requiring that a comprehensive study of the actual projected cost of building a new capital city be done.

We succeeded in getting it on the ballot. After the study was done and the people discovered what the projected cost would be (billions), they voted against moving the capital.

However, 69000 people voted against the measure that would require that they be informed.

Would 69,000 people buy a car without knowing its cost?