24-05-2019 18:35 via sltrib.com

Catherine Rampell: The Trump administration’s war on statistics isn’t slowing down

Don't like the numbers? Invent new numbers instead.Or make it harder to collect trustworthy numbers next time.Or just put the squeeze on the number crunchers themselves.Slowly but surely, the Trump administration has been chipping away at the independence and integrity of our federal statistical agencies, whose data is critical to keeping our democracy functioning and our economy healthy. So far as we know, the administration still hasn't managed to pierce the citadel of the Bureau of Labor Stat
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