[ConservativeMind]

Screw that. We didn’t choose a Federal job with its benefits, you did.

We are only required to answer the Census. This person did that.

[Misterioso]

His “federal job” was a postal clerk.

[muawiyah]

There's the Census and there's that household survey. Two different things.

And no, I didn't exactly pick the benefits ~ more like I was recruited to do a job.

The issue here is the question of a "privacy claim". Voters who demand "privacy" but are otherwise unwilling to grant it to others should expect on sympathy on that score.