If you don't think it is a partisan lie, then why wouldn't they give accurate numbers if they had them? If they don't care one way or another who they help or hurt, they could just release accurate numbers. But they don't have them, they are estimates. Obviously

> If they don't care one way or another who they help or hurt Genuine question: do you assume that partisan issues are the only possible ones to determine who they privilege or transfer from or in what direction they might bias figures or scientific pronouncements? The government is more than just red squares and blue squares.