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To: Lane3 who wrote (1427)	12/18/2000 12:37:04 PM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6089

My question was why would anyone be so [fill in the blank] of the analysis done by the government on their behalf that they feel compelled to discard it in favor or their own analysis or, even worse, assume that the truth is diametrically opposed to what the government says. Assuming that what the government says is false because the government says it would be stupid. However if your idea is to accept expert analysis that leaves the question of what experts to listen to as you can usually find experts with widely varying opinions. I don't think you should assume government experts are wrong because they work for the government but I don't think you should assume they are right any more then I would assume non-governmental experts are right. I think that some of problem probably comes from people being so far away from the mechanisms of government that the role of the civil service and its relationship with the administration Civil servants do not change every time the administration changes. However the organizations they work for often have official positions which can change when the administration and thus the heads of the organization change. In general I do not accuse the government of being particularly inaccurate or biased but I do not think they are immune from honest mistakes of political bias. I see no reason to automatically accept the conclusions of government experts. Tim