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Constitutional law?
The census is required by the Constitution every ten years for purposes of reapportionment of seats in the US House. In addition to that simple purpose, by statute and regulation, a “long form” version of the census includes numerous additional questions for planning and survey purposes. Most people are only sent the traditional short form census questionnaire.
For special interest groups to take money out of your wallet and put it in their checking accounts.
The legitimate purposes of the census are long gone. It’s now a political tool. Now that the cenus is under the control of the White House, I suspect the information provided will be used for nefarious purposes. I don’t trust the current occupant of the White House or any of his henchmen.
The Census has been conducted for scores of years. It is used, basically, to determine size and number of Congressional Districts.
Info gathered is restricted for 72 years.
On a personal note, I have enjoyed looking at past census records and seeing how my family lived, and their occupations in 1920 and 1930. If I live that long, in a few years, I’ll be able to see my first recorded census notation.
I have seen census records for my family in Norway as well.
Do what you want, but understand, there has been a census in this country for many generations.
You are not only not required to answer even that, but he didn't have any authority to knock on your door in the first place.
Read and learn the truth: Census 2010 and the Law
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I’ve looked at census records for my ancestors going back to the 1840s.
Name, date of birth, birthplace, occupation, and place within the family (father, mother, son, daughter, etc.) were there 170 years ago.
So counting is important, but so is making sure people aren’t counted twice is important, too.
All my husband told the census worker, was the neighbors first name, said he didn't know his last name or anything about him.
They are relentless, makes it seem like this census thing is more than just the ten year count, like Bambi wants more out of it than any other president has in the past!!!
Sadly for my neighbor, we have Ms. Busy-Body on our street (every neighborhood has one) and she pulled out a note pad & was telling the census guy plenty!
We have kidded for years that SHE keeps notes on all of us & now we know she really does!!!
You did exactly as I did. I answered the one question about how many people lived here as of April 1. I told him the remainder of his long form was not required, and was an invasion of my privacy. He admitted that the information is to “help determine social programs”. I told him “No offense, but we are finished here” and sent him on his way.
Legally, yes you are supposed to answer all questions. Practically, no, since they have never prosecuted anyone for not answering.
I answered only number of people in 2000. I answered more, but not all, this year for genealogical purposes. I skipped race, birth dates, home ownership status, etc.
And tell your neighbors to respect your privacy, because they will go to them to ask about you if you do not answer directly.
I’ve never understood these people who won’t send their form in. Talk about drawing attention to yourself to the government - which seems to be the opposite of their intentions.
Hmmmm...maybe I’m on to something.
I just love folks who draw a line in the sand about the Census. Let’s see, you have two choices:
1.) Take 2 minutes of your time and answer a few questions on a form. The result being that you become part of an anonymous pile of data, a veritable needle in a haystack.
2.) You refuse and subject yourself to a series of at-home visits by a “government official.” You draw attention to yourself and cause said government official and his/her superior to make notations of you in official documentation. You continue to refuse, possibly resulting in a confrontation and more notations of the incident in a government file somewhere. Finally, you cause the government official to come knocking on your NEIGHBORS door to ask about you.
Now, if you’re really concerned about an overhanded, intrusive U.S. government, which is the SMARTER approach.
Here’s a tip for you to remember NEXT TIME. Fill out the damn form. You don’t have to answer all the questions, just most of them. Do it and it’s done. Why invite the man into your life?
It probably also bears mentioning that Census workers get paid about $10 an hour. Their sole job is to track down folks like the original poster. Thanks to the clowns who refuse to submit their forms, the rest of us have to foot the bill for all these temps running around with their clipboards. I figure the thread author owes the rest of us about $30.
With Barack Obama running the country into the ground for the next 2 1/2 years, answering a census form is the least of your worries.