Krugman on the BLS "Conspiracy"

It shouldn't have come as a surprise, but it was still kind of a shock, when a good monthly jobs report was immediately denounced as lies by leading Republicans. Krugman as usual provides a good overview.

If anyone had doubts about the madness that has spread through a large part of the American political spectrum, the reaction to Friday’s better-than expected report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics should have settled the issue. For the immediate response of many on the right — and we’re not just talking fringe figures — was to cry conspiracy.