(Now what folks need to do if they don't like the information is to refute the information. Not the source.)

BUSH TO ALTER ECONOMIC STATS AGAIN

Last week, the Census Bureau released statistics showing that for the first
time in years, poverty had increased for three straight years, while the
number of Americans without health care increased to a record level.[1] But
instead of changing its economic and health care policies, the Bush
administration today is announcing plans to change the way the statistics
are compiled. The move is just the latest in a series of actions by the
White House to doctor or eliminate longstanding and nonpartisan economic
data collection methods.

In a Bush administration press release yesterday, the Census Bureau said
next week it "will announce a new economic indicator" as "an additional tool
to better understand" the economy. The change in statistics is being
directed by Bush political appointees and comes just 60 days from the
election. It will be the first modification of Census data in 40 years.[2]