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Posted on 11/16/2007 7:33:51 PM PST by Libloather
Don't answer Census, don't face going to jail
Government demands answers, but official confirms penalties not applied
Posted: November 14, 2007
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Bob Unruh
© 2007 WorldNetDaily.com
Another month is coming, and another 250,000 forms are being mailed out in the U.S. Census Bureau's perpetual American Community Survey, which demands responses to personal questions about a family's lifestyle, housing accommodations, work schedules, physical and mental disabilities, income and the like.
That means roughly 250,000 times recipients will see the warning that participation is required by law, and there are penalties including fines for not answering each question. But, in fact, U.S. Census Bureau officials say they've never had anyone prosecuted for refusing to provide those intimate details to the government.
"The Census Bureau has never prosecuted anybody," spokesman Clyve Richmond told WND. "We try to work with people and explain how useful the information is."
As WND has reported, the U.S. Census Bureau switched from the surveys once every 10 years, called for in the U.S. Constitution, to annual surveys sent to three million households, to keep the government's data more up-to-date.
The issue arises periodically about the invasion into a family's privacy by the questions, including:
Does this house, apartment, or mobile home have COMPLETE plumbing facilities; that is, 1) hot and cold piped water, 2) a flush toilet, and 3) a bathtub or shower?
At any time DURING THE PAST 12 MONTHS, did anyone in this household receive food stamps? If so, how much?
Do you have a mortgage and if so, how much is it?
Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition does this person have any difficulty in doing any of the following: learning, dressing, bathing or getting around?
Has this person given birth in the last year?
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Beat me by two seconds, lol.
Yet.
lol, great minds and all that... :)
Had a Census Taker threaten me with a .38,,I reckon he bypassed the prosecution part..
I received the American Community Survey in the fall of 2006. I found it incredibly intrusive. I did a little investigating and decided I should ignore it. They sent another copy. I ignored that as well. Someone called my home, but I told them that I would not answer the survey. After a couple of calls, they left me alone. I have not heard from them again.
The ACS is providing a fascinating window into this country. The data is aggregated in ways that preserve confidentiality. I recommend browsing around the website www.census.gov. The statistics found there are good antidotes for some of the overwrought anecdotes being tossed out by politicians.
When you’re a gov’t worker, little things like laws don’t apply to you.
Now that took some guts to say.
Do tell us more!
I don’t care if it is “fascinating” or “preserves confidentiality”. It is none of the government’s business.
f 'em
On the phone I refused to answer and then they came knocking on my door. Boy was I shocked. The worker seems pretty upset.
If I get one of those, I’ll tell ‘em I’m Chinese.
The answer to all questions will be YUK FOO.
I just answer the first question with 2 homosapians and put a big NOYB in black marksalot across the rest.
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