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.
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