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Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by kuyan on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:44PM (#14136290)
> even the CBO's reports are highly politicized

Can you source that?

Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by MisterBastahrd on Monday April 17, 2017 @11:53PM (#14136348)
I took it to mean "third parties politicize CBO reports" rather than "CBO reports are created with ideological slants," because, well, that's the truth of the matter. You can't criticize a CBO forecast for being slightly inaccurate when politicians decide to change the parameters after the fact.
Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by astronautjones on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @12:23AM (#14136466)
I think you're correct, but it was poorly worded
Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by taurath on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @03:10AM (#14137006)
Sorry about that, GP is correct with regard to my intent.
Re:Steve Ballmer serves up a data trove about government spe... by nhebb on Tuesday April 18, 2017 @01:41AM (#14136742)
CBO reports are done within the confines of the request, opening them up to a garbage in, garbage out scenario. The reports are supposed to be non-partisan, but a report request can be crafted in such a way that it's essentially weaponized non-partisanship.