Guest guest Posted September 2, 2004 Report Share Posted September 2, 2004 > Thu, 2 Sep 2004 08:47:04 -0400 (EDT) > The Daily Mislead <latest > Bush To Alter Economic Stats Again > > =============================== > THE DAILY MIS-LEAD > < > http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=52818 > > > =============================== > > BUSH TO ALTER ECONOMIC STATS AGAIN > > Last week, the Census Bureau released statistics > showing that for the first > time in years, poverty had increased for three > straight years, while the > number of Americans without health care increased to > a record level.[1] But > instead of changing its economic and health care > policies, the Bush > administration today is announcing plans to change > the way the statistics > are compiled. The move is just the latest in a > series of actions by the > White House to doctor or eliminate longstanding and > nonpartisan economic > data collection methods. > > In a Bush administration press release yesterday, > the Census Bureau said > next week it " will announce a new economic > indicator " as " an additional tool > to better understand " the economy. The change in > statistics is being > directed by Bush political appointees and comes just > 60 days from the > election. It will be the first modification of > Census data in 40 years.[2] > > This is not the first time the White House has tried > to doctor or manipulate > economic data that exposed President Bush's failed > policies. In the face of > serious job losses last year, the Associated Press > reported " the Bush > administration has dropped the government's monthly > report on mass layoffs, > which also had been eliminated when President Bush's > father was in > office. " [3] Similarly, Business Week reported that > the White House this year > " unilaterally changed the start date of the last > recession to benefit Bush's > reelection bid. " For almost 75 years, the start and > end dates of recessions > have been set by the National Bureau of Economic > Research (NBER), a private > nonpartisan research group. But the Bush > administration decided to toss > aside the NBER, and simply declare that the > recession started under > President Clinton.[4] > > > Sources: > > 1. " Census: Poverty up in 2003, " The Olympian, > 9/01/04, > http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=52819. > 2. Census Bureau press release, 8/31/04. > 3. " Monthly report on mass layoffs dropped, " Shawnee > News-Star, 1/05/03, > http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=52820. > 4. " Inventing The 'Clinton Recession', " Business > Week Online, 2/23/04, > http://daily.misleader.org/ctt.asp?u=2973095 & l=52821. > > Visit www.Misleader.org for more about Bush > Administration distortion. » > > > =========================================================== > > Subscribe to the Daily Mislead! Go to > http://www.misleader.org and enter > your e-mail address in the " Receive the Daily > Mislead " box in the > top-left corner of the page. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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