Note, just in case anyone may have been wondering, I do have a dog in this hunt since my personal income comes from a government project. (albeit an important one IMHO)
thanks for the disclaimer, but as Dr. Thomas Sowell said:
It is amazing how many people think that they can answer an argument by attributing bad motives to those who disagree with them. Using this kind of reasoning, you can believe or not believe anything about anything, without having to bother to deal with facts or logic.
So it isn't all that relevant to me. :)