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2012 Economic Census (vanity: what is this crap?)
My Mailbox ^ | 01/08/2013 | Me

Posted on 01/08/2013 4:16:37 PM PST by manic4organic

I received this in the mail the other day. The front of the envelope reads: "U.S. Census Bureau Form Enclosed. YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW. Please complete and return by February 12, 2013.

I knew the Census is part of the Constitution but a business census? They have pages and pages of forms they want filled out. They want to know how many employees, all my financial numbers, (sales and types services and products offered).

First, is this Constitutional? Second, doesn't the IRS have most of this information already?


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KEYWORDS: businesscensus; census; economiccensus; intrusive; unconstitutional
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Maybe Obamacare related?
1 posted on 01/08/2013 4:16:47 PM PST by manic4organic
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To: manic4organic

I’ve received the same mailer. I figured it had to do with being a small business owner.


2 posted on 01/08/2013 4:18:48 PM PST by skeeter
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To: manic4organic

I would say almost certainly Obamacare related. The IRS is getting 5100 new employees thanks to Obamacare , they have to put them to doing something.

BOHICA


3 posted on 01/08/2013 4:20:01 PM PST by Venturer
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To: skeeter

...what letter? Never received it.


4 posted on 01/08/2013 4:20:14 PM PST by Ouderkirk (Obama has turned America into an aristocracy of the unaccomplished.)
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To: manic4organic

Mine arrived in the mail today, too. Something about a “mandatory response”. Too bad my dog shredded it.


5 posted on 01/08/2013 4:21:17 PM PST by Biff55 (Don't fire until you see the blue of their helmets.)
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To: manic4organic

Wow, you even want to work words like “crap” into the thread titles now?

This place really will start looking like DU then.


6 posted on 01/08/2013 4:23:27 PM PST by ansel12 (Cruz said “conservatives trust Sarah Palin that if she says this guy is a conservative, that he is")
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To: skeeter

Did you read the paper work reduction act notice at the end of the form? My ag census said 50 minutes on avg, I sent it to my congress critter to fill out................


7 posted on 01/08/2013 4:23:34 PM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Lord save me from some conservatives, they don't understand human nature any better than liberals.)
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To: manic4organic

I’d toss that s**t in the trash. Seriously.


8 posted on 01/08/2013 4:25:06 PM PST by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: manic4organic

I’d never heard of such a thing either, but I did find this: http://www.census.gov/econ/census/about/


9 posted on 01/08/2013 4:27:29 PM PST by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: manic4organic

Oh, that Census form you filled out and dropped in the mailbox?

Once it’s in the mailbox it becomes the responsibility of the USPS. You fulfilled your duty.


10 posted on 01/08/2013 4:29:10 PM PST by upchuck (America's at an awkward stage. Too late to work within the system, too early to shoot the bastards.)
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To: manic4organic

google the sh*t out of the address, remember that some of the slime ball orgs out there use a bad return to sender address so it gets auto forwarded to their private org.


11 posted on 01/08/2013 4:29:30 PM PST by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: RightOnline

Shred it first.


12 posted on 01/08/2013 4:29:36 PM PST by sarasmom
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To: ansel12

Wow, way to stay on topic. Or do you NOT think it’s crap? DU? Seriously? I’d have said sh*t but I’m much more refined than that.


13 posted on 01/08/2013 4:31:05 PM PST by manic4organic (It was nice knowing you, America.)
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To: manic4organic

Throw it in the garbage. It’s what I do. The criminals in DC don’t obey laws and neither should you. We need 10,000 brushfires lit across America to confound and exhaust the criminal fascist syndicate occupying Washington. Strike the match, patriot.


14 posted on 01/08/2013 4:31:50 PM PST by sergeantdave (The FBI has declared war on the Marine Corps)
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To: manic4organic

Read this book: http://www.amazon.com/IBM-Holocaust-Strategic-Alliance-Corporation-Expanded/dp/0914153277/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1357691175&sr=8-4&keywords=edwin+black


15 posted on 01/08/2013 4:32:28 PM PST by US Navy Vet (Go Packers! Go Rockies! Go Boston Bruins! See, I'm "Diverse"!)
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To: Biff55

Got an “agricultural census” form that is clearly aimed at small farmers and every bit as intrusive. They want to know all about various environmental items - wetlands, etc., how many and what kind of animals do I have, do operate a roadside stand and I rake in from that and/or farmer’s markets.

Too bad one of my horses ate it.


16 posted on 01/08/2013 4:35:44 PM PST by Noumenon (One individual with courage, determination and a rifle can change the course of history.)
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To: manic4organic

You are the one who added the cussing to the title, check out DU, they are rife with that language that is unpopular with conservatives.


17 posted on 01/08/2013 4:37:23 PM PST by ansel12 (Cruz said “conservatives trust Sarah Palin that if she says this guy is a conservative, that he is")
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To: manic4organic

I got in the mail 2 days ago ...

USDA 2012 Census of Agriculture

“Your Response Is Required By Law” — BY WHOM

It’s not going anywhere — my cold dead fingers, etc.


18 posted on 01/08/2013 4:42:13 PM PST by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: PeterPrinciple

I went through mine in 5 minutes. I just want them to scan it in - some uneducated public employee will decide they can’t understand my response and it’ll be thrown out as an outlier.


19 posted on 01/08/2013 4:51:22 PM PST by skeeter
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To: manic4organic

I didn’t participate in the last two censuses because the government was too nosy. Wouldn’t fill out this one either.


20 posted on 01/08/2013 4:53:33 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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