White House Cuts Entire Chapter from Economic Report

[Robbien]

The National Security Council (NSC) had an entire chapter on Iraq’s economy deleted from the “Economic Report of the President” simply because it would interfere with the positive tone of the rest of the report. The report is produced annually by the Council of Economic Advisers (CEA), a supposedly independent advisory entity. The unprecedented move is yet another example of the Bush administration’s willingness to manipulate expert and scientific information for political reasons.

The CEA consists of economic and budget experts recruited from the top ranks of academia and business. The “Economic Report of the President” is the CEA’s primary vehicle for providing economic observations, advice and input. Economists from both political parties considered the decision to delete an entire completed chapter as extraordinary and a sign of the CEA’s loss of influence. Outgoing CEA Chairman N. Gregory Mankiw has declined to comment.

The missing chapter addresses the development of the Iraqi banking system, financial markets and other economic institutions.

http://www.ombwatch.org/article/articleview/2715/1/1?TopicID=1

[hatrack]

1. Mankiw was too busy reclassifying Burger King as a manufacturing company

Don't worry, I'm sure he'll find some sort of think-tank job to stay solvent!

[atommom]

2. Why do they continue to get away with things like this?

[Erika]

5. Because 50% of our citizens have no critical thinking skills

Or Bush wouldn't be in the WH.

[Erika]

3. Controlling info to the public is yet another sign of a Hitler regime

Control the info released, control the masses.

[Old and In the Way]

4. Why publish anything at all?

Why bother? Nothing this administration tells us is truthful. Save everyone the time and expense. Just tell us how good things are going. The Bushbots will continue to believe them, we'll continue to know they're a bunch of liars.

[beam me up scottie]

6. Props are useful for the overall effect.

The kool-aid drinkers can say "See? It's right here in writing"
before slithering back to their self-righteous holes.

[atommom]

7. We have to do SOMETHING with all those trees we cut down to

make our Forests Healthy! :eyes:

[cliss]

8. Well, we could use their reports as toilet paper.

That's about all they're worth.

Seriously, I've known about the lying, the misrepresentation of the facts for several years now. I'm patient, I'm picky, and I DO pay attention to numbers. And I've had serious questions about several benchmark reports.

Liars:smoke:

[tom_paine]

9. The whole thing is a Sovit-style tissue of lies

Is there anything more to say here?

[raccoon]

10. yes, bad news right down the memory hole nt