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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (74253)	1/22/2000 12:12:00 PM
From: Mike M2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

Wayne. I forgot where I read this on SI ? John Williams runs the Shadow Bureau of Government Statistics to expose the deception in gov't stats. The left wing skunks in the press helped to elect Bill Clinton so you won't hear the truth from them only the truth as the Clintonistas define it -g- ho ho ho . Where is the outrage from the press when those on fixed income and social security are cheated in their COLAs because the gov't statistics are rigged to understate inflation. I thought only Republicans were out to cheat people out of their entitlements. Where is the outrage over the growing inequity in the wealth distribution and CEO pay. The 80s were the decade of greed What do the skunks have to say about this decade. Clinton has done more to help the rich than any republican could have gotten away with quite ironic. Mike ho ho ho

To: Freedom Fighter who wrote (74253)	1/22/2000 3:30:00 PM
From: Knighty Tin	Respond to of 132070

Wayne, I don't think there are any public interest groups who look at govt. statistical scamming. The obvious choice would be the opposition party, but the Republicans are as co-opted into the economic Potemkin Villages as the Democrats. Every once in a while, you will see someone mention that had the numbers not been adjusted, the results would have been such and such. I agree that some of the changes have made sense. However, I think there are other adjustments that should have been made and were not because they didn't pad the figures with the right slant. Oh, well, I know President Jesse Ventura will not accept this type of crap. <g>