Posted on 04/10/2009 3:20:26 PM PDT by djf
Just an FYI for FReepers...
No fine.
Tell the Federal telemarketers to go away.
Thanks. and ping to myself for later.
I would demand an answer to this question:
“Are you now or have you ever been affiliated with ACORN or any other community organizing group funded in part or whole by the Democrat Party or the governement of the United States?”
This post is worth an attaboy and designated keeper.
It’s appreciated.
OK, $100 for not answering, $500 for lying...
What would it cost to tell them to get stuffed?
IIRC, the ONLY thing you’re required to answer is the address and number of people living there..all other questions are optional..(or used to be before “the one” took over)
Good info. I don’t see anything wrong with someone not welcoming a government representative to their home or property. When they come to my house, I am going to order them off of the property and they can ask me questions from the street.
I answer the door when I’m expecting someone.
Otherwise....they can knock until their grubby little knuckles bleed.
I’m not sure, let me get back to you.
If the Constitution requires a census, what is your objection to participating in it?
I wonder if he would have messed his shorts if I said “Hey, there’s way more guns here than people!”
Chuckle~
In fact the piece of paper he handed me also says at the start “All US Census Bureau employees have taken an oath and are subject to jail term, a fine, or both if they disclose ANY (NB: their emphasis, not mine) information that could identify you or your household.
So if you slam the door on him and he comes back with the US Marshalls or whatever and points at you, did he just violate his oath? Says that on the paper...
This is the law. This is constitutional. A person is gainfully employed doing this. What right or pleasure do you derive from giving him/her grief? Do you think this is what they want to do? I know a census taker and they were laid off and they re trying their best to make money and o\pay bills.
I must have had the same idiot come to my house Monday. He said my house was supposed to be red with a carport. I said “What the crap are you talking about?” (My house is cedar siding with a garage.) He went back to his car fiddling with that GPS thing and I went to get my shotgun just in case. I asked him if he was from acorn and he looked at me with the blankest eyes and asked me what was acorn.
Please explain why you believe the Federal government should not have an accurate count of the citizens in your district.
Wow I’ll be on the look out for neighborhood Census strollers. Won’t answer the door unless I know who it is.
My wife had to take a job doing the Census because our business is down. $11 per hr and milage. You would think running into old geezers like you would upset her but she loves telling stories about the guys who think she is from the property owners assn or the secret police. I’m sure you made it into somebody story that night.
I don’t have a problem with the Census. I do wish that they stuck to just collecting basic data though. Anymore it reads like a wish-list made to justify every liberal project under the sun.
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