There are many fundamental flaws in our current system.

One huge flaw?  The data government provides.

It is always under the control of an elected administration – that would suffer un-election should too much of that data be negative.

So it is inherently in every administration’s interest?  To fudge, obfuscate and reconfigure the data.

ALL the time we see data released – to much fanfare – that make the current administration look good.  And then, months later, the data are quietly “adjusted” to numbers that damage the administration – but better reflect reality.

This is a HUGE problem.  Because tens of trillions of dollars’ worth of decisions are made based upon these government numbers. (more…)