[StopTheWorld]

Should point out this is not the first time the BLS came under serious fire, politically. When the Republicans regained control of the Senate in 1995, they set up a commission (Boskin commission) that said inflation had been overstated, and henceforth cut Social Security cost of living adjustments.

[rtkwe]

Cuts will continue until the statistics improve and match the desired narrative! Wish that was a /s but it's just what's happening now and happened then.