I wonder why this site is so pro republican, we're mostly federal workers here, and wouldn't a win from someone who wants to kill government jobs be a bad thing? (romney)
without getting too political, which i have a habit of doing, i'll try to offer my perspective.
i would hope that each one of us, dem or rep, love our country, and our jobs. not for the cash, but for what we do/serve. and as such, work and want to see it continue. are there more reps than dems here, or is one group just more/less vocal? of the vocal ones, why? just naturally bigger assholes? or is the quieter half just less sure their positions are defendable? maybe, maybe not.
i can say this about the vocal ones though, they are worried that the institution they love and serve and desire to see perpetuate believe it is on an unsustainable path. and so work to preserve it, even though that may mean less funding and ultimately their jobs.
and of the 'vocal minority at least on this site' they believe just as strongly we should do more to save more folks/fund more programs so that more folks have more.
who is correct and who is in error? who knows? but we can't keep spending more than we earn or else we all wil be unemployed.
how do we get there then? that is the question. the proof will be in the pudding.