BUSH SHUTS DOWN WEBSITE TRACKING U.S. ECONOMIC INDICATORS:
With the U.S. economy faltering, conservatives have attempted to deflect
attention from the crisis by blaming the media's negative coverage and
insisting the United States is not headed toward a recession, despite what
economists are predicting.
The Bush administration's latest move is to simply hide the data.
Forbes had awarded www.EconomicIndicators.gov one of its "Best of the Web"
awards. As Forbes explains, the government site provides an invaluable
service to the public for accessing U.S. economic data. Economic
Indicators
is particularly useful because people can sign up to receive e-mails as
soon
as new economic data across government agencies becomes available.
While the data will still be available online at various federal websites,
it will be less readily accessible to members of the public.
The Bush administration has decided to shut down this site because of
"budgetary constraints," effective March 1, even though Bush recently
submitted a record $3.1 trillion budget to Congress for FY '09.
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WOW! Herr Goebbels lives! But do Americans need Bush interferring in our
lives, constantly?
Does anyone need to be told the economy is piss poor for everyone but
Bush's
"BASE"?
