Data fight
From his corner, Professor Barranco, in his second letter, gave us percentages for SNAP distribution. From the opposite corner, Stan Wheeler gave us different percentages, citing USDA data. Our referee, Slim Smith, gave us yet more percentages, also citing USDA data. I love it that we can find and use official government data that we can trust to be accurate.
Oh, wait. President Trump is firing people from government agencies if the data they produce inconvenience him. The days of data we can trust to be accurate may be over.
Bill Gillmore
Columbus
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