[The Great RJ]

While you might be compelled to answer the census questions there is nothing that says you cannot provide vague or inaccurate answers ...like how are they really going to check. My wife may have distant Native American ancestry... so certainly that would be important to report her race as Native American. One can never be too sure of all your ancestry so perhaps my race is mixed. Having worked on the 2000 census as a program manager I can tell you that the data collected by these census workers is mostly junk anyway.

[NewJerseyJoe]

> My wife may have distant Native American

I *am* native American. I was born here.

>Having worked on the 2000 census as a program manager I can tell you that the data collected by these census workers is mostly junk anyway.

In 2000, NObama was not (ostensibly) Pres*ent, libs were not controlling the government, and ACORN thugs were not conducting the census. Times have changed.

[Adder]

But the junk is used nevertheless, is it not?

[lafroste]

My family are complete mutts. We're Irish, French, German, Asian, American Indian, South Pacific Islander, Jewish, and (I think) Moorish. What box should we check?

However, I have read elsewhere that it is better (legally) to decline to answer than give false info. I don't know if that's true.

[Gandalf_The_Gray]

Having worked on the 2000 census as a program manager I can tell you that the data collected by these census workers is mostly junk anyway.

I worked the 2000 census as a second shift clerk in a regional office. I can say with some assurance that if you glued three average office rats together you could scrape up enough IQ to emulate a fine igneous rock. I could tell stories at length but it would just cause taxpayers pain to have to hear how their money was pi$$ed away.

Regards,
GtG