Can we trust government figures?

[Richard_Waghorne]

Are statistics from government reliable when talking about spending? There's a brief piece on the kind of problems the British government are creating. Could it happen here, or is it already happening?

http://www.freedominst.org/blog.html

[Edited on 24/8/2004 by Richard_Waghorne]

[Limerickjohn]

Usually yes, but not with our government as the lies have caught up with them.