[hometoroost]

Here's a source for the 2000 spending - the 2010 is an earlier projection.

http://www.genealogybranches.com/censuscosts.html

[cranked]

There were no real savings...nothing more than manipulated numbers game. Falls into the same category as proving that the Stimulus’ “created or saved” jobs ....... =.=

[freekitty]

ROTFLOL

[The people have spoken]

13 billion dollars to count 300 million people? Let’s see, that’s more than $40 per person. Could have been done in the private sector for much less.

[4rcane]

it constitute gsving using government math

[Domandred]

Saved money by spending money...why does that sound familiar?

(flashback dream effect)

“Look at the shoes I bought honey! They were on on sale! I saved 20%!”

“No, you spent 80 dollars”

(end flashback)

Oh yea that’s right.

[Atlas Sneezed]

Apparently, they saved by not counting or making even the first contact with our conservative household in a conservative area of a conservative state.

They ignored a lot of folks who get their mail at PO Boxes.