@parados,
parados wrote:
Of course okie could just be a pedophile. I'm not making any accusation but I just think there is that possibility.
Aren't baseless accusations that you don't really make fun?
Pathetic comment, parados. How come you are so quick not to suspect the government could be tempted to fudge numbers, when history has shown suspicion of governments to be highly justified. In fact the founders wrote the Bill of Rights principally to protect us from government. But you have no problem accusing a person here, me, of being a pedophile for no reason? You are pretty out of balance, parados.
Quote:The manipulation of GDP data by an administration would be difficult to do and impossible to hide because the next administration would reveal it. People accused Clinton of it but nothing came of it when Bush took office. I'm sure some accused Bush of it but nothing changed when Obama came to office.
What you post here is not much different than what I said, that trying to fudge numbers would not only be dishonest, but a politically risky game to play. But although cooking books is dishonest, it didn't stop Franklin Raines and colleagues at Fannie Mae, did it? And have they been called to account before Congress and prosecuted, parados?
Quote:The way the numbers are calculated have changed. When a change is made, it is announced and the chart will have a note stating you can't compare that number with previous numbers. Ican ignores those notes all the time when he makes claims about the numbers.
When was the last change instituted? Has the Obama administration made any changes in the past 2 years, and if so, how have the changes affected the numbers? Since you seem to be up on this stuff, maybe you can tell us?
