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Whenever news like this comes out early in the week, it seems like the administration bean counters (i.e. economic propagandists) cook up some ‘encouraging numbers’ to counter with later in the week - only to be revised later. If we truly had honesty and openness in government we would all have access to the raw numbers on a real time basis, and could do our own calculations.

"Whenever news like this comes out early in the week, it seems like the administration bean counters (i.e. economic propagandists) cook up some ‘encouraging numbers’ to counter with later in the week - only to be revised later."

Yep- and if that doesn't work, then they try to immediately change the subject (WAR ON WOMEN!, TRAYVON KILLED BY RACIST WHITE ZIMMERMAN FOR WEARING A HOODIE!, BAIN CAPITAL!!, etc.)

You know the proletariat can't be trusted with real information. It must be carefully selected, processed, and spun for our uneducated masses. You just need to trust your ruling elite to make all those tough decisions for you. Remember, "it is for the children" and "it is for the common good" or even more self-interested "it is for your own good."

That's why we have those wonderful people deciding what kind of cars we should drive, how much water our toilets should use, what kind of light bulbs we need, what our kids should learn about sex, what we should do (and pay for) about the climate, how accepting we should be of illegal aliens, that you should wear a helmet or a seatbelt, that we should pick your doctors and coverages for you, etc.

Trust me, ignorance is bliss. Too much information is a burden. Why would you want all those numbers? Isn't math harder than playing video games? Freedom and liberty can be such burdens, you'd have to make all kinds of decisions, accept all kinds of potentially bad consequences. So be happy, don't worry, we'll take care of everything. You just leave those silly old numbers to us... :-/

I almost didn't put a sarcasm tag on that because for some Marxists/fascists in power in our Country these kinds of things aren't sarcasm - that's their plan.