Spinning stats ---(Sago mine)---and turning a blind eye to safety.

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http://www.thinkprogress.org/?tag=Administration

Chao’s Spin on Sago: We Saw the Problem,
We Just Didn’t Do Anything About It


Appearing on MSNBC this morning, Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao tried to defend the administration’s record on mine safety enforcement, stating that federal inspectors had “increased their inspections by about 84 percent.”

It is true that inspectors increased their inspections at Sago, but Chao neglected to mention what the inspections found. Federal investigators repeatedly documented the unsafe conditions at the mine:

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And each day, the evidence continues to mount that federal mine safety overseers, despite knowing about the problem, turned a blind eye to it:
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Spinning statistics isn’t going to make mines any safer. Enforcing the laws will.