From Data Steward to Political Lightning Rod: McEntarfer Out, Antoni In at the BLS
From steady hands to untested reforms, the leadership shift at BLS could ripple through Social Security, SSI, VA, and military COLA.
The Gist:
Trump just fired Erika McEntarfer, a widely respected economist who kept politics out of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and replaced her with E.J. Antoni — a Heritage Foundation partisan best known for calling monthly jobs reports “phony baloney.” The timing? Right in the middle of the COLA calculation window. The ripple effects could hit Social Security, SSI, VA, and military benefits.
