In other words, what if the "taxpayer-funded" forecasts we're permitted to know about are "on the books", so to speak, and so much more is "off the books" and memory-holed beyond even the typical "black magic marker, and white out" form of redacted classification that some times surfaces into the public eye?

Truths so brutal, and predictions so harsh that no one dares write them down.

But now we enter the information age, and certain realities are essentially undeniable, and can no longer concealed from the civilian panopticons like Google.

Sort of like how TV Networks (and even basic cable channels to a degree), with their Standards & Practices departments, waste time sanitizing television destined for the public air waves and radio spectrum, while media on the internet operates with an almost total lack of restraint.