Every accusation is a confession. The pressure on BLS to come up with bullshit is going to be so extreme that it's hard to imagine they wont succumb at some point.
But generating "real looking" numbers that hold up to any scrutiny is really hard.
Pushing their supporters (electeds and the media) to promote obviously fake numbers is a loyalty test
So the NYT is going to earnestly saying there’s “vigorous debate” about the “controversial job numbers” “though critics have no evidence” that +420,069 is fake
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They've been complaining of allegedly cooked numbers since the Obama admin.
But generating "real looking" numbers that hold up to any scrutiny is really hard.
The easier path is just not generating numbers.
So the NYT is going to earnestly saying there’s “vigorous debate” about the “controversial job numbers” “though critics have no evidence” that +420,069 is fake
"These numbers are wildly impossible. This is an outrageous violation of the Trump administration's duty to shepherd our economy!"
vs.
"69. Nice."