[aristeides]

A cousin of mine who once worked in the Bureau of Labor Statistics told me that, when they didn't have a figure ready in time for the deadline, they made a figure up. My impression from what he said was that the made-up figures were not chosen to fit any ideological agenda: the bureau was just anxious to meet the deadline. But that was pre-Clinton. I suspect that the Clinton people, seeing that the government was already making figures up, decided to make up the numbers that were most favorable politically.

[swheats]

Credibility is everything. How far back in administrations were the numbers made up? Just wondering how far back the delusions go.