Data and Dogma in Public Policy.

Focuses on the suggested enactment of a legislation to establish a commission to study the United States Federal Statistical System and make recommendations to solve the social problems of the nation. Details on the creation of the Consumer Price Index (CPI); Background of the Social Security Solvency Act of 1998 and its implication on the tax burden for the young and elderly; Efforts considered to bring back an organized statistical system of the nation.