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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She's EXTREMELY conservative politically and does not harass anyone who refuses to fill out form. She has to go to their house, but she just marks them refused if they don't want to answer, and nothing much more is done.
She's become very disgusted at how many illegals she's found (at least "suspected") when she goes to some houses. She's ranted on how much gub'ment assistance she's found them getting. Of course, all the information she takes is confidential, so nothing leaves the "Senseless Bureau" except the stats.
Actually my wife talked him to death..
Actually my wife talked him to death..
See,even happens here..
Send it back and say you need the Lithuanian version.
Tell them you are very drunk, but you are going to give it a try anyway and that you hope you don’t make a LOT of mistakes.
Tell them you have double vision and then mark two answers for everything.
Tell them you are illiterate and no one in your neighborhood can read, either.
Tell them you are an illegal alien and that these gringo laws don’t apply to you.
Tell them you are black and view this as just another of over 400 years of being oppressed by the effing man.
Tell them you have multiple personalities and that your need twenty-three more copies of the form.
Tell them you are homeless and that the form came to the vacant house you and thirty-five other guys broke into because it was -20 outside, so you all got together and did your best on it.
Tell them you are a friend of Bubba’s and if they don’t leave you alone, some back Arkansas karma may befall them.
I am going to bed. Nite, nite!
That’s BAD Arkansas karma.
I didn't hear a word from them again. Soliciting is prohibited on University Grounds, so I guess they never bothered to show up.
If they had, I would have called the University Police to file a complaint of harassment and stalking.
Same here. I called and said I would not fill it out. They kept insisting that by law I had to. They sent a card and another survey which I promptly pitched.
Upset were they? I'd like to see some overpaid government parasite come to my door upset. I'd show the SOB the meaning of upset.
It was some old retire folk who started telling me he was doing this for extra money. Needless to say the meeting did not last long.
Of course not. The Census Bureau has no authority to prosecute anyone. They refer that to the DOJ.
Several years ago I used census data in writing grant applications. The General, Social And Economic census data was invaluable in formulating plans and grant apps. This “census” however; is incredibly intrusive and reaches far, far beyond what the government needs to know.
Had one go so far as to come to the house, I was in the yard, told him I was there to mow the yard while the owners were away. LOL
The 2000 census form I got had lots of ethnicity questions. I just left them all blank, which according to my interpertation of the Constitution is perfectly fine. I’ll tell them my age, my occupation and that I am a native born American citizen, and that is all that should matter to the government. If they want to know my income, they can check with the IRS, and as to my personal life, they can pound salt. I’ll never tell them.
My answers would stop after question #4.
In 2000 they got a wholebunchalotta NOYBs in red marker from me. Never heard another word from them. Of course, then I only rented and lived on my pension. Today, since I now own my own home and receive SS retirement benefits, I’m not so sure how I’m gonna reply should I get one. Prolly depend on how POd I am that day. (been gettin’ POd a lot lately)
In 2000 during the last Census Survey that we learned to not leave the gates open. I was up at the main barn when I heard my wife shouting from the South side of the property. I went racing down the hill to find some A—hole walking towards her with a clipboard in hand. She was telling him to turn around and get the “H” off the property. He kept on approaching her until he saw me haulin’ butt towards him. I told him to get his A$$ off the property and do it now. He tried to argue with me that he needed to fill out HIS forms. I told him I didn’t care a damned whit about HIS forms, and don’t make me say it again. He left.
Two weeks later my wife and myself were in the kitchen when somebody drove onto our driveway, parked and hit the horn. Wouldn’t stop. I went to see what was going on and it was a woman from the Census Bureau. She let up on the horn bit, and told me she had to fill out HER forms. I said Good Bye, went back into the house. She hit the horn again for about five minutes and finally left.
Our Government at work.
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