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In the home stretch of the 2012 presidential campaign, from August to
September, the unemployment rate fell sharply — raising eyebrows from Wall
Street to Washington.
The decline — from 8.1 percent in August to 7.8 percent in September —
might not have been all it seemed. The numbers, according to a reliable
source, were manipulated.
And the Census Bureau, which does the unemployment survey, knew it.
Just two years before the presidential election, the Census Bureau had
caught an employee fabricating Censusdata that went into the unemployment
report, which is one of the most closely watched measures of the economy.
And a knowledgeable source says the deception went beyond that one
employee — that it escalated at the time President Obama was seeking
reelection in 2012 and continues today.
“He’s not the only one,” said the source, who asked to remain
anonymous for now but is willing to talk with the Labor Department and
Congress if asked.
I'm sure there's an explanation. A logical one. Like the explanations
offered by the administration when the IRS was used to bully and intimidate
Obama's political opponents.
I mean threre's simply no evidence to support the charge that Obama would in
anyway leverage the power of the Census Bureau:
Utah's congressional delegation is calling President Obama's decision to
move the U.S. census into the White House a purely partisan move and
potentially dangerous to congressional redistricting around the country.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, told FOX News on Monday that he finds it
hard to believe the Obama administration felt the need to place re-
evaluation of the inner workings of the census so high on his to-do list,
just three weeks into his presidency.
"This is nothing more than a political land grab," Chaffetz said.
Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, told the Salt Lake Tribune that the move "
shouldn't happen." He and Chaffetz are trying to rally Republicans "before
its too late."
"It takes something that is supposedly apolitical like the census, and
gives it to a guy who is infamously political," Bishop said of Chief of
Staff Rahm Emanuel, who would be tasked with overseeing the census at the
White House.
The U.S. census -- a counting of the U.S. population -- is conducted
every 10 years by the Commerce Department. Its results determine the
decennial redrawing of congressional districts
As a matter of impact, the census has tremendous political significance.
Political parties are always eager to have a hand in redrawing districts so
that they can maximize their own party's clout while minimizing the
opposition, often through gerrymandering.
The census also determines the composition of the Electoral College,
which chooses the president. If one party were to control the census, it
could arguably try to perpetuate its hold on political power.
Three weeks into his election... did you catch that?
Nothing to see here folks... move on... meanwhile, the fundamental
transformation of this country continues. | I******I
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