I fly this one at home and on the web! It's on my profile page and is used as the symbol to 'ping' the CWII list.
Not a bad pic either, if I do say so myself.
Posted on 01/29/2009 11:29:23 AM PST by mark gordon
All the ones who refuse to answer (and I wouldn’t either), probably contribute to the “skewed results” that the Census is getting from only those immigrants and low-income people and illegals answering it — instead.
So, they are getting their answers — which actually show, instead, that you and me don’t exist in this society... :-)
>> But it would also significantly reduce one’s representation in Congress.
You have a point. Let me rephrase that:
If everyone that didn’t vote for Obama were to list themselves as some imaginary race — say, “Blaque” — it would rock their world.
I will not answer any question on race, income, lifestyle or religion
That’s about all that’s left after “Name”.
Mark, Mark...
Do what I did. I put almost completely false information after being threatened for the 3rd time that I hadn’t returned it.
I also filled it in almost illegibly. If they could read it, more power to them.
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If I get one.....I’ll give it to my 6-yr-old with a giant, brown crayon. :D
>>It occurs to me that if everyone that didn’t vote for Obama were to refuse to comply with the next US Census, it would rock their world.
>>But it would also significantly reduce one’s representation in Congress.
Oh, like we are represented now?
Unreadable answers, huh? I like that idea. I’ll pretend I’m one of those idiot voters in Minnesota who screwed up their ballots by voting more than once, crossing out names of the candidate, and drawing arrows.
A few years back a census worker showed up over my refusal to fill in the long form. I explained that I regarded the info as being none of their business, good day. As I let go of the door to allow it to close, she made a move to grab the door to continue the conversation. She then caught the look in my eye, and probably realized that I would treat any such attempt as a home invasion and would respond accordingly.
http://www.census.gov/acs/www/Downloads/SQuest09.pdf
Some sample questions.
LAST MONTH, what was the cost of electricity for this house,
apartment, or mobile home?
About how much do you think this house and lot, apartment, or mobile home (and lot, if owned) would sell for if it were for sale?
What is the monthly condominium fee? For renters, answer only if you pay the condominium fee in addition to
your rent; otherwise, mark the”None” box
Does the regular monthly mortgage payment include payments for fire, hazard, or flood insurance on THIS property
How many minutes did it usually take this person to get from home to work LAST WEEK
How did this person usually get to work LAST WEEK? If this person usually used more than one method of transportation during the trip, mark (X)the box of the one used for most of the distance.
What time did this person usually leave hometo go to work LAST WEEK?
Hour Minute a.m. p.m
ACTIVITY. Describe clearly this person’s chief job activity or business last week. If this person had more than one job, describe the one at which this person worked the most hours. If this person had no job or business last week, give
information for his/her last job or business.
“She” used a pencil, barely pressed upon the page...her poor hands were so shakey...
Tell me, what significance is there to the TIME someone leaves for work?
Federal highway spending.
Yeah, right.
I fly this one at home and on the web! It's on my profile page and is used as the symbol to 'ping' the CWII list.
Not a bad pic either, if I do say so myself.
It's really not that hard to understand. Do you need it explained?
Have you read the entire survey?
The questions are redundant and useless as far as highway spending is concerned. Do they know the Route Taken? No. So, do you need government intrusiveness explained to you?
I received one of these surveys a few years ago, and refused to fill it out, despite the threatening manner in which the cover letter was written. I held onto it for a while, and because I refused to respond to their artificial deadline, they sent me a letter, offering to send someone ‘round to help with the survey if necessary. And then a second letter arrived, and if memory serves me, a third. All such correspondence went unread.
Then they tried to call me a few times and left the names and numbers of people who were willing to help me with the survey. Once they either left a message (or perhaps it was in one of the letters, I’ve forgotten) they informed me that they could pay a visit to either myself or even my neighbors. No such visit occurred.
So I’d say that you can safely ignore it.
As an aside, my survey included a number of questions about how many people in the household are disabled, and with which types of disabilities, how far I drive to work, whether I have home-health assistance, etc. It was utterly ridiculous. I was perfectly willing to answer some generic questions about how many people live in my household, but what they sent was unbelievably intrusive.
You really like answering non-stop questions, dontcha? =;^)
Op doesn’t like talking to us ;)
My ten year old daughter told them off the third time they came all on her own. One of my proudest moments as a father. She’s 19 now and still hell on statists!
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