Bush Administration Kills the (Economic) Messenger

[Omaha Steve]

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/02/14/bush-administration-kills-the-economic-messenger/

by Tula Connell, Feb 14, 2008

No recession. That’s the word from U.S. Treasury Secretary Ben Bernanke and Federal Reserve Chairman Henry Paulson.

And just to make sure no one second-guesses the Bush administration in its pronouncement of impending nationwide prosperity, the Bushies have killed the government website that provides U.S. economic data.



As the Center for American Progress reports today:

Forbes had awarded EconomicIndicators.gov one of its “Best of the Web” awards. As Forbes explains, the government site provides an invaluable service to the public for accessing U.S. economic data. Economic Indicators is particularly useful because people can sign up to receive e-mails as soon as new economic data across government agencies becomes available. While the data will still be available online at various federal websites, it will be less readily accessible to members of the public.

If bad economic data isn’t available, then it must not exist.

Feel better now about those 3 million U.S. jobs lost since Bush took office?

[whistle]

1. Is that what Harvard Business School taught Bush? Good Lord!

[HCE SuiGeneris]

2. No money to spend on our own best interests. Lining the pockets

of the MIC is top priority. Sorry 'bout that. :banghead:

[malaise]

3. All facts that expose Bush

are state secrets. How dare you deny the emperor his executive privilege. :sarcasm:

[Pastiche423]

4. Does anyone know if we can still access this site

through the Memory Hole?

[Omaha Steve]

6. archived net?

That what your talking about?

[Pastiche423]

7. Yes - I think

http://www.thememoryhole.org/

[Arctic Dave]

5. more BS from Bush

We can not manipulate you if you know the facts.