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Trump fires commissioner of labor statistics after weaker-than-expected jobs
401 sats \ 12 comments \ @028559d218 17h econ
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10 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 17h
I’ve heard from more than one federal researcher who’s work was held up or stopped because it didn’t support the current regime’s policies.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bell_curve 10h
is it possible the bureau of labor statistics needs a shakeup because of their gross revisions in the last 2 years?
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 10h
Of course. I've heard that the BEA was created because the BLS was such a bunch of commies.
I'm just saying that Trump is squashing research findings, regardless of their veracity, when they differ from what he wants to be true.
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42 sats \ 2 replies \ @028559d218 OP 17h
It seems to me that if you don't like the statistics from some government bureaucracy... you'll just keeping firing people until they give 'the statistics' you do like.
Reminds me of USSR
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Turdinthepunchbowl 13h
Wherever you go, there you are.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Undisciplined 17h
From what I can gather, they don’t want the bad press of being that blatant.
But, basically, yes.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @justin_shocknet 13h
Revisions so wildly off has been the case for awhile, disclosure op, reveals the data has always been a fugaz
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7 sats \ 0 replies \ @euthymic 16h
Sounds like North Korea
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @spiderman 13m
I suspect the core reason is not the number but the wild revisions? I kean if one has to revise so drastically, then best not to publish the number at all until one has more reliable data available.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Machiavelli23 12h
Trump probably like the stats so much that he wanted to contribute to the jobs report by firing the guy. “You’re fired”
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sudonaka 13h
Socialist end of empire vibes
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 15h
Trump in a nutshell.
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