Posted on 08/16/2009 8:33:36 PM PDT by Steelfish
Utah told it can’t count missionaries in census
Bureau says there’s no way to reliably count those overseas in 2010
Aug 16, 2009
SALT LAKE CITY - The U.S. Census Bureau has told Utah's elected leaders it won't count Mormon missionaries serving overseas in the nation's next head count.
Census Bureau officials, rejecting Utah's lobbying efforts for the better part of a decade, say there's no way to reliably count the overseas missionaries.
Utah leaders say the omission cost the state an extra congressional seat in 2000, when the state fell just 857 people short of receiving the last available slot in the U.S. House.
The Census Bureau does count military and federal employees serving overseas, and Rob Bishop, R-Utah, says it should include Mormons on proselytizing missions.
"The bottom line should still be fairness and accuracy," Bishop said. "If we are currently counting some people abroad and not others, there is just no logic to that whatsoever."
An experiment in counting Americans abroad in 2004 turned into a "colossal failure," said Louis Kincannon, a former Census Bureau director under President Bill Clinton.
Few Americans responded to an outreach program in three sample countries — Mexico, France and Kuwait.
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Seems to take longer nowadays than it used to, but at least Jim hasn’t had to resort to advertising to pay the bills.
I laffed the other day, I saw some Gun ad on DU right at the end of some hand wringing thread about how evil guns were.
Hypocritical libtards would sell their own mothers...
All the while complaining about capitalism and human trafficking L0L
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2317466/posts?page=70#70
LOL
(Do you shower after visiting DU? Just asking?)
I know they are taking longer.
No. I dont shower after going there. They crack me up!
Its unpopular to be against the him solely on race
Every one feels what is going on but they are scared to death of the race card.
**Burp**
That should be illegal not to count them since they do the military and federal employees overseas. It is illegal for government to discriminate because of religion.
I gotta logoff for the night.....
Gettin' kinda late here.....
Gnight.
The government would argue they don’t have an accurate number of missionaries overseas- although Mormons are well known for their record documentation.
Yep, can’t count too many people in a GOP state. White House orders.
Wow, I guess that I haven’t been “thread hopping” enough.
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Does this apply to all missionaries? Why with hold a valid citizen census? They are coming back on a certain date which means they are visiting another country.
The same as someonw working in another country for a specified time.
Weird.
Better hope neither of you run for President someday.
That’s funny ;-)
Hey! We could have this country shaped up In No Time At All!!!!
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