No-count Republicans. (Devil in the Details).(halting layoffs reporting)(Brief Article)
American Prospect, The, March, 2003
FROM THE ADMINISTRATION that argues that we have to go to war because we say so comes an argument in much the same spirit, though technically it's inverse, or converse, or perverse: It's that the economy isn't as bad as it is if we don't say so. How else to explain the decision of Labor Secretary Elaine Chao to end the Bureau of Labor Statistics' monthly report on mass layoffs? It's previously been bureau policy to report on plant closings and mass layoffs involving 50 or more employees.
These reports have helped the government understand what's going on in the economy in ...
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