. . UNITED STATES: GOVERNMENT : GOVERNMENT: PUBLICATIONS : GOVERNMENT: DOCUMENTS : GOVERNMENT: BUDGETS AND BUDGETING : INFORMATION ACCESS : CENSORSHIP : STATISTICS: RESOURCES : LAW: LEGISLATION : UNITED STATES: POLITICS: POLITICAL PARTIES: REPUBLICAN PARTY, TEA PARTY : INDUSTRIES: PETROLEUM INDUSTRY : POLITICS: Who's Afraid of Economic Data? . . Who's Afraid of Economic Data? Josh Barro, Contributor Forbeshttp://www.forbes.com/sites/joshbarro/ 2012/05/11/whos-afraid-of-economic-data/
. A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/7g2mqvu . .Sigh. Yesterday, the Republican-controlled House voted to abolish the Census Bureaus American Community Survey, which collects detailed, annual data on municipalities social, economic and educational characteristics. The ACS was established in the 1990s, but its the successor to the Census long form which has been around for over 200 years.
.Republicans complain that the ACS is intrusive. They dont want the federal government asking how many toilets you have or how long it takes you to get to work. But if, for example, you want to answer questions like how do commute times affect business location decisions, which might inform decisions about what infrastructure to invest in, a survey like that is pretty useful.
.Republicans think theyre striking a blow for federalism here, but theyre really doing the opposite. In order for state and local governments to serve as laboratories of democracy, we need comparable performance data across jurisdictions. Without ACS, it would be a lot harder to figure out what local policies are working.
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