Show of Hands

BlockHippie ... except when it leaks out that the supposed non-partisan economist in the Congressional Budget Office who published the report, and who's not supposed to have ANY political affiliation actually gave $26,000 to MrO's reelection campaign. Dang those pesky facts.

MrO must go!

N. O with capital letters. I wouldnt even know what an unbiased forecast would sound like.

Funny how everyone here basically said no.. Yet they didn't vote for Ron Paul.. They voted for corrupt Romney and Obama.. Smh..

The GAO is far less politically motivated then a research think tank of a political party or ideology. That said, they're only human with their own beliefs and biasses and errors. They're not fiscally beholden to either party or leader, so that is a very good thing. They're a good source for info

nope. not for a second. unless it were Ron Paul.

Nope

It's a money-, power-grab! It's a really clever game.

this made me lol. and come on dems, just because it's your prez in there doesn't mean he's gonna tell the truth!

Unless that economic forecaster is a computer, there will always be bias. Even then, it's only as unbiased as the data put into it.

Lol at democrats once again

Kogane- that's not what the results show and that's not what the question asked.
Right now the results show 92% of respondents do NOT trust that government economic forecasts are free of politically motivated biases.
Use the exact question asked when reading and interpreting results.

It's funny how more than 90% of us don't even trust our own government.

They have a comprehensive set of simulation and ai tools to wage effective economic war or detect and resist it. However people are people who want their way...

Nuwriter- Agreed! Austrian is the way to go.

Libor cough cough

And economics is not really a science, in that the scientific method is sketchy at best in economics. Control groups are difficult to work out, and there are always other factors at work. Economics is the study of human action.

However, to claim that economists are unbiased is utter nonsense.

@blockhippie It's a science, but a corrupted one. If you think that everything an "economist" says is fact, then I have a bridge I'd love to sell you.

Government economists tend to skew Keynesian, and Keynesians are terrible at forecasting. They always claim that the business cycle is fixed, and are surprised by every downturn thay comes down the pike. Austrian (the school not the country) economic forecasts are far more reliable.

time4tea is absolutely right. And I too am shocked that anyone said yes...

I think this is the only political question we can all agree on.

I wouldn't trust the government with anything.

Except if Obama say so...

Nothing the government does is free from bias or dishonesty. Politicians rely on obfuscation to fill their bank accounts.

Anything that begins with, "Do you trust the government..." automatically warrants a, "NO" response from me. Without ANY further need to read.
And constitutes an additional "NO" just for gp.

Statistics are the easiest thing to manipulate.

Economics is a science. Not a liberal art.

Economic forecasts are produced by......wait for it......economists. Politicians put their spin on it but economic facts are just that.....unbiased facts.

I can't believe there are people who actually voted yes:/

hell NO.

What does government mean here? The Fed? I'd trust the Federal Reserve's forecast to be unbiased, but that's not technically government.

Any report written by humans is biased.

It doesn't benefit them to sway economic forecasts. Then they look more idiotic than they already are.

The supreme court is bias. How can I trust a report.

Look at how the affordable care act they double count medicaide savings to make it look like afa saves money when it really adding at least 50billion per year to our deficit and (100trillion of) unfunded health program liabilities.

HECK NO

We all agree there is bias in government reports.
Follow up question: Do you feel Obama and Romney are equally biased or is one more than the other?

I don't trust most things government related.

Both parties agree finally. I'm glad that most people aren't so blind as to say yes.

Nothing that comes out of any govt. agency is unbiased

Of course not.

Economics is a complex topic, and the forecasters are almost always wrong. I think the Farmer's Almanac has a better record of predicting weather. Nonetheless, we can glean useful data for economic planning when examining historic trends...then let policy makers muddle it up!

Economics is not a science, it is opinion. Economists are all politically motivated and, therefore, worthless.

I mean, good grief. The real unemployment rate is something like 16%+...these clowns show 8% because they get to just "forget" about those who gave up looking for work. If it's from DC it's politically motivated...this is across party lines. They're all liars and criminals.

+...collect and process data...

Even the METHOD with which they collect an prices data is politically motivated. They're all a bunch of crooked snakes.

Many of the reports seem valid, as far as they go, but the scope and focus often seems restricted by politics. The timing of the release, or delayed release, also seems political. In general, there is no single source I'd trust to be unbiased. I'd rather have the data and draw my own conclusions.

Those who voted yes are blind

It's amazing when a question of trusting the govnt or congress no one does. So can we start voting these people out yet?

Who says yes to this?

Not really. . .

LOL what a question. Isn't it obvious?