Or in other words, a snow job
"Mr. President, the quarterly economic indicators don't look good."
"So change them."
"But, sir, isn't that lying to the people?"
"Now you're getting the idea."
"So change them."
"But, sir, isn't that lying to the people?"
"Now you're getting the idea."
No problem, we hired the Global Warming scientists to add 3% to everything and adjust all the history downward.