Posted on 07/10/2010 3:12:34 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
I sent in the form when it came with the first question answered about how many people live at this address. I answered no other questions. They called this week and said to call them back. I did not. They just came by and I told them that I had already given the enumeration as required by the US Constitution.
Can they arrest me? Will they harass me?
The questions make me so angry because they are obviously going to be used by the government to justify racial discrimination.
Can they arrest me?
What should I do?
More than likely if you do not answer their questions they will ask your neighbors.
They probably filled it out for you. They can fine you $500 but I don’t think they have fined anyone yet. The guy probably just filled it out for you.
They can’t do a thing. The other day, the Census was at my next door neighbor’s house. They weren’t home, so the Census guy came to me. I told him to get lost, that I wasn’t about to speak to him about anyone, much less my good friends. He was a bit pushy, but finally left after I said I would call the cops.
I honestly think the Census worker (who looked like an out of work Real Estate Broker) was sympathetic.
They can’t arrest you but they can fine you.
I haven’t filled out the form and - as far as I know - they haven’t come around to my place yet.
I’ll answer their questions if they can stand still long enough when my daughter’s 100 lb German Shepherd comes to the door. :)
The can send you without trial to prison for life.
Funny.... I used your username to answer the race question. There are too many people not answering these questions. I doubt they’ll have mass arrests.
Now there's a comforting thought for today.
Since the census taker that showed up at his door was black, the Holder Justice Department by order of "The One" will be looking into this incident as a race related crime, declare E Pluribus Unum a race based terrorist, declare him an anti-black enemy combatant and ship him off to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba where he'll be forced to room with Achmed the Goat F**ker, read the qu'rap 3x a day and pray face down arse up towards mecca 5x a day.
Sorry E. That's just how it's gonna be the next few years while the Obama / Holder Justice Department is in power.
Question for those of you who are saying that you can be fined—Are you saying that you can be fined for not talking to the census worker or for not filling out the form?
He returned a two more times. I wouldn't answer anything. Then I got a letter from the Census Bureau. I threw it out. Never heard another word.
Nothing's going to happen to you.
As long as you give them that information you are not in violation of section 223 and not subject to the $500 fine.
As long as you don't throw them off your property in a fit of pique and refuse to give them the number of occupants and their names, you don't have to give any other information. The statute says that they are authorized to conduct the survey but I don't see anything in the statute that requires you to give any further information than the names of the occupants.
Constitutionally I don't think they are really allowed to even gather that information, but I'm sure that they would argue that in order to ensure proper enumeration they need to make sure that people aren't counted more than once. I suppose that might be reasonable.
You should have simply told them that there is 1 woman and one wuss living at that address and begged them not to beat you up.
Lots of information on this thread:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2548692/posts?page=22#22
All you are required to answer is how many live at your adress.
If you tell them to leave, they are trained to comply with your request. If they do not...call the police and the census bureau and file a complaint.
We got chased by the "American Community Survey" last year from the census department. There was a long list of questions asking all kinds of personal stuff. After researching it on the internet, we discovered that there are a lot of "dissidents" refusing to participate so we decided to join the crowd and elude these census people, even though a $5,000 fine is threatened for non-cooperation.
Over the next while we put a chain across our driveway and threw away the further threats that came in the mailbox. One guy came to the door and I just pretended that I was way too busy to answer questions even though assured by him that it "only took 20 minutes". They tried to call on the cellphone but seemed meek and taken aback when my husband told them he was upset because they were using up our minutes.
We endured the 3 months of their attempts before they finally ceased and desisted. Three months is how long they generally chase everyone for this particular "American Community Survey". No one in history has been fined for not giving answers to this faux census.
We have no problem participating in the 10-year census (only answering one question), but we felt good about holding out on this other deal and would do so again.
” The questions make me so angry because they are obviously going to be used by the government to justify racial discrimination. “
Here’s one for our resident Constitutional Scholars and Historians —
I’m wondering if the Census question on ‘Race’ might be Constitutionally valid under the original framing - since a ‘freedmen’ black was counted as some fraction of a white citizen (3/5??), and therefore “Race” would be something needful to know....
Or, more likely, I’m all wet....
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