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Experts warn about the 'crumbling infrastructure' of federal government data

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99 points xnx | 3 comments | 15 Mar 25 03:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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KennyBlanken ◴[15 Mar 25 04:46 UTC] No.43370057[source]▶
Destroying agencies that collect statistics is a "feature", not a bug.

Why deal with unemployment, declining GDP, etc when you can just shut down the agency figuring out how many people are unemployed and where the GDP is going?

Better yet, outsource it to the guy who gave you $10M in campaign donations or bought your crypto coins and then wink-nodded at you, and give him a $50M contract to do something the feds were doing for $20M - and he lies to make you look better. Win-win-win...

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1. ks2048 ◴[15 Mar 25 05:51 UTC] No.43370303[source]▶
Reminds me of Trump’s view on Covid testing, “If We Stop Testing, We’d Have Fewer Cases”.

https://www.voanews.com/amp/covid-19-pandemic_trump-if-we-st...

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2. chneu ◴[15 Mar 25 08:50 UTC] No.43371073[source]▶
While all administrations hide evidence, conservative/republican presidents do it pretty openly. Bush and 9/11 was a great example. I dont know of too many bigger lies/coverups than the information surrounding 9/11 and the "war on terror".

The issue is that something like 1/3rd of americans will eagerly believe anything if it's directed towards the right victims or their party says it.

3. j16sdiz ◴[15 Mar 25 13:05 UTC] No.43372280[source]▶
From the page you linked:

  > "If we stop testing right now, we'd have very few cases, if any," Trump asserted.
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  > Earlier in the day, the president, on social media, called “testing a double-edged sword” that makes the country “look bad” but is “good to have.”
It's hard to get what he really want from that snippet .