I know a secret...and I'm not going to spend your money to tell you!

In an interesting non-use of our tax dollars, the Bushies have decided not to tell us about unemployment, after all how can Dubya's opponent in 2004 say anything if the information is neve collected and released?

What an awesome solution, just don't pay to have a government agency do it's job, in this case the Bureau of Labor Statistics who posted the latest mass layoffs report with this leeeetle caveat:

Mass Layoff Statistics Program Is Discontinued This is the final news release for the Mass Layoff Statistics (MLS) program. Since 1994, the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration has funded the program. That fundingwill end on December 31, 2002. The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)has been unable to acquire funding from alternative sources and must discontinue the MLS program. Limited historical data will continue to be available at http://www.bls.gov/mls/ on the BLS Web site.

I'm sure that Mitch Daniels and Cheney had a meeting and figured out how to take away the funding and play "I've got a secret" during a meeting, the minutes of which my great-great grandchildren will be able to read with a FOIA request and a Court Order.