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Barack Obama opponents urge census boycott......
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/jan/29/barack-obama-opponents-census-boycott ^ | Feb 29th, 2010

Posted on 03/08/2010 1:15:09 PM PST by TaraP

Conservative opponents of the Obama administration are urging supporters to resist the upcoming US census, saying it asks too many questions and reflects increasing government intrusion into private matters.

The census, held every 10 years since 1790, is becoming a focal point for the growing anti-government movement in the US.

The government will endeavour to count every person living in the US, regardless of legal, immigration or citizenship status. The count, which helps determine political representation and the distribution of hundreds of billions of dollars in government funds, is mandated by the constitution.

Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, a virulently conservative, anti-Obama Republican from Minnesota, has urged supporters to give only the number of people living in their household, saying nothing more is required by the constitution. Participation in the census is required by law and to refuse, or to falsify information, is punishable by fines that can range from $100 up to $500 (about £60 to £300), although the law is rarely enforced.

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To: DManA

Burma-Shave...


41 posted on 03/08/2010 1:36:59 PM PST by libertarian27 (Land of the FEE, home of the SHAMED)
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To: All

bump


42 posted on 03/08/2010 1:37:05 PM PST by Maverick68 (w)
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To: TaraP
"This years census will ask 10 questions

In 2000 those who got the long form had to answer 53 questions.

2000 Census

43 posted on 03/08/2010 1:37:13 PM PST by Spunky (You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
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To: TaraP

You aren’t boycotting the census if you’re answering the only question they have a right to ask. I just got a notice that I’ll be getting the census form in about a week. I’ll answer what they need to know, nothing about my income or anything like that.


44 posted on 03/08/2010 1:37:31 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Truthers to the Left of me, Birthers (pretending to be) to the Right of me!)
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To: TaraP
This year’s census will ask 10 questions

and what has happened to the long forms?

I guess people that are getting them are mistaken about all those pages of inane questions?

45 posted on 03/08/2010 1:38:21 PM PST by maine-iac7
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To: WinOne4TheGipper

I got notice today, too.


46 posted on 03/08/2010 1:38:33 PM PST by RushIsMyTeddyBear (I don't have a 'Cousin Pookie'.)
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To: bikerman

Exactly....

Why should they care if you own your house or rent?


47 posted on 03/08/2010 1:38:38 PM PST by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
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To: TaraP

The Census Is Getting Personal

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsDhkPym01k&feature=fvw


48 posted on 03/08/2010 1:38:58 PM PST by Painesright
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To: DManA

Because there are sooooo many people who speak Russian.:)


49 posted on 03/08/2010 1:39:42 PM PST by WinOne4TheGipper (Truthers to the Left of me, Birthers (pretending to be) to the Right of me!)
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To: Old Texan

I think my race will be black/chinese this time


50 posted on 03/08/2010 1:40:04 PM PST by Mr. K (This administration IS WEARING OUT MY CAPSLOCK KEY!)
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To: TaraP

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51 posted on 03/08/2010 1:40:27 PM PST by kcvl
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To: Spunky

I don’t remember filling that one out?


52 posted on 03/08/2010 1:41:08 PM PST by TaraP (He never offered our victories without fighting but he said help would always come in time)
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To: TaraP

The government has always taken names and ages and the government has always over stepped the authorization in the Constitution by using statutes. And those statues were and still are in conflict with the U.S. Constitution.

But they just keep adding - the the long form comes along - pages after pages of intrusive questions. The census form in 1980 - the long form was unbelievable - a thick booklet.

I once had some Hispanic woman census taker chase me around a condo complex. She cornered me one day and asked my name and I gave her a fake name and said goodbye - left her standing there.


53 posted on 03/08/2010 1:46:12 PM PST by ICCtheWay
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To: TaraP

They will get the number of people in my house. That is all. Everything else is none of their business.


54 posted on 03/08/2010 1:46:48 PM PST by bigredkitty1 (March 5,2010. I will miss you, Big Red.)
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To: Mr. K

LOL Thats a good one.
Maybe I can be AA/Mexican and I can have 16 chidren. I live in a $750,000 home and earn $13,000 per year.


55 posted on 03/08/2010 1:54:31 PM PST by Old Texan (If the Dims are dumb enough to poke at a Rattlesnake, they are gonna get bit.)
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To: TaraP

Name, Rank, Serial Number - that’s all they get, and the last two don’t count since I have neither :-)


56 posted on 03/08/2010 1:55:39 PM PST by rigelkentaurus
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To: Spunky

Yeah, I had the long form census last time. Didn’t fill it out, didn’t answer the door for the census taker. Pfffft!


57 posted on 03/08/2010 1:57:25 PM PST by fatnotlazy
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To: TaraP

Evidently not all people got the long form. I sure did.


58 posted on 03/08/2010 2:07:53 PM PST by Spunky (You are free to make choices, but not free from the consequences)
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To: a fool in paradise

It would be nice if every actual American (and that’s leaving out Uno Hoo, Uno Hoo, and also Uno Hoo) could report 966 people living at his/er address.

And get away with it, that is.


59 posted on 03/08/2010 2:08:31 PM PST by Erasmus (Give to the Antonio Janigro College Fund; a strong bow is a terrible thing to waste.)
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To: ConservativeMind

Asking your race so they can gerrymander your congressional district.


60 posted on 03/08/2010 2:11:10 PM PST by Roklok
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