That is a reasonable position, however the assumption that it is the administration that is gaming them vs other motivated parties is open for discussion.

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jeffbee 2 hours ago | parent [-]

It is in fact not at all reasonable. They are saying that the BLS stats can't be trusted because they totally misunderstand the survey methodology. That isn't a reason!

	▲	svnt an hour ago \| parent [-]
		I’d counter that if we were doing a good job gathering data that these structural biases could be compensated for with more conservative initial numbers. At some point a lack of decision to take compensating action becomes faking the numbers.