Krugman: Everything Is Political

[gristy]

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/05/opinion/05KRUG.html

Everything Is Political
By PAUL KRUGMAN

The agency's analysts find that they are no longer helping to formulate policy; instead, their job is to rationalize decisions that have already been made. And more and more, they find that they are expected to play up evidence, however weak, that seems to support the administration's case, while suppressing evidence that doesn't.

Am I describing the C.I.A.? The E.P.A.? The National Institutes of Health? Actually, I'm talking about the Treasury Department, but the ambiguity is no coincidence. Across the board, the Bush administration has politicized policy analysis. Whether the subject is stem cells or global warming, budget deficits or weapons of mass destruction, government agencies are under intense pressure to say what the White House wants to hear. And the long-term consequences are likely to be dire.

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[papau]

1. Great article - and once we get rid of civil service it will get better!

:-)

nothing like bringing the corporate culture to government so that we might have a better democracy.