OMB economist Bernice Collette's rigorously validated new poverty formula dramatically inflates national poverty rates, igniting a pre-election firestorm as Toby Ziegler and Sam Seaborn grapple with demands to delay, probe, or spin the 'truth' for poli...
OMB economist Bernice Collette's rigorously validated new poverty formula dramatically inflates national poverty rates, igniting a pre-election firestorm as Toby Ziegler and Sam Seaborn grapple with demands to delay, probe, or spin the 'truth' for political survival, escalating to strategy sessions with President Bartlet and consultant Bruno Gianelli.
Events in This Arc
Toby spots anxiously pacing Sam outside his office and draws him in with wry banter. Sam discloses the OMB's impending new poverty formula, raising the threshold from $17,524 to $20,000 …
Outside the White House gates at night, Toby intercepts departing OMB Director Bruno, urgently revealing the office's new poverty formula that spikes the threshold by $2,000 to $22,000 annually, adding …