05-08-2008, 08:17 AM
[quote JoeH]Who says it is the opposing administration? Both parties have been cooking the figures the last couple decades, just happens that it is "W" in place at the moment.
Last couple decades? Try the last couple centuries. The assumption that there was this mythical time when economic or labor statistics weren't altered, measured inaccurately, politicized, or distorted, is the result of a short historical memory, or wishful thinking.
Last couple decades? Try the last couple centuries. The assumption that there was this mythical time when economic or labor statistics weren't altered, measured inaccurately, politicized, or distorted, is the result of a short historical memory, or wishful thinking.