A politician is not the government.

strix_varius · 2024-03-01T02:17:16.000000Z

To be clear, your stance is that https://www.kentucky.gov/ does not represent the government?

williamcotton · 2024-03-01T02:20:35.000000Z

My stance is that whoever the governor of KY is is not “the government” and will cherry pick stats for his own personal gain.

The actual government is reporting the real rates of unemployment. Partisans are the issue.

strix_varius · 2024-03-01T02:24:59.000000Z

That's an astounding amount of hair splitting to claim that the people in charge of governing - literally with the title "govern-or" - are not "the government."

No true Scotsman indeed!

williamcotton · 2024-03-01T14:45:48.000000Z

I am describing how a democratic republic works. It is government by the people, for the people. There are government representatives, who if elected are partisan, and who are otherwise appointed or employed. The government of a republic is separate from these individuals and has an agenda of its own.

One of those agendas is publishing numerous economic data.

The individuals in service of the government and the media outlets that they talk to are where the proverbial cherry-picking takes place.

Partisan politicians and partisan media, not some incoherent notion of “the government.”