I use it for bathroom tissue when I run low, otherwise fire starter works.
Got 5 of them. Even when I move, I get them.
They call and bug you, might even send a peeping tom over to try and fill it out for you.
No one has ever been charged with a crime that I know of for saying “FU” to them.
I’m very much looking forward to getting one of these so that I can shred it up and put it in the postage-paid envelope.
They will threaten, cajole, and try to contact neighbors about you.
While there is a statute on the books that says they can fine you, never ever heard of it happening.
If they catch you coming or going, ask for a card and tell the guy you will pass it along to those folks.
Lying to any gov’t worker these days is not a smart move, telling him the above is not a lie. Just ignore them, they will go away eventually.
Tell them to shove it.
http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/orwellian-american-community-survey?nopager=1
why is a census being done in 2012/2013?
I got one in the mail months ago; I returned it unopened and put “Refused” on the envelope. I got about 50 or so calls from the Census Bureau leaving messages asking me to call.
I never did and I haven’t heard from them in the past couple of months.
They can’t make you take the survey. This issue has been brought up and discussed by a lot of people. I’ve read a lot about it, but my memory isn’t that great because I’d play cat and mouse with them. I have plenty of free time to do that. Bwhahahaha! One option is a “No Trespassing” sign and calling the police on them. I like the idea of putting a little fear into them. Or answering the door with my firearm holstered, and glancing at it with twitchy fingers. Another good idea is filling it out with a Sharpie marker- bleed through. Who knew? A crayon would be fun, too. I personally want the chance to use the 5 years of French I had and make them send a translator. I’m not sure I could pull off being deaf, mute and blind, but that might be a fun challenge. Then there is my German Shepherd from E. German blood lines with 10% wolf.... So many possibilities! Aww, crap! I think I dropped my thumb tacks by the front door and I think some neighborhood juvenile delinquent smeared Poison Ivy on my gate. (I wouldn’t really do that, but I do like to mentally mess with low IQ sheeple once in a while.)
Tell your HOA, that they have zero permission to give your name and number to anyone (in California HOAs must have written permission to give your name and number out), throw the survey away.
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We've been fighting this BS for about 6 weeks now and they keep coming and coming. I started to fill out the survey but so pissed off I threw it away. Today my wife talked to the guy who showed up at the door at 6 PM on Sunday! She gave him minimal information and refused to answer about half the questions. I was working on sealing air ducts in the attic and yelling at her to say "no answer" as I could hear the exchange at the front door. He tried to confirm a phone number and I said we would take no calls and they shouldn't have a phone number as the survey is sent to an address, not a person. It really hacked me off they have our phone number. I understand from Truth is Reason that they use landlines instead of cells.
TIR also provides solid rationale for resisting, a form letter and a link to a questionnaire that you can present to the surveyor at your door asking them permissible questions.
The House of Representatives has passed legislation to stop the ACS, but it's going nowhere in the Senate. The dictator wannabes want to collect as much information about us as they can. It's much easier to round up resistors that way.
Excellent thread on FR from April 10, 2010:
American Community Survey (ACS) - Little known mandatory ongoing survey by the U.S. Census Bureau
Another shorter FR thread from :
"You are required by U.S. Law to respond to this survey"
Search FR for American Community Survey.
I’ve received these surveys before in off years. Never filled one out either, but then again, I dodged the last two official censuses too. Can’t trust the government anymore. How do I know what they will do with the answers I give them? And yes, the questions are intrusive.
They will try to get answers from your neighbors too. Another reason I don’t get chummy with my neighbors.
Got one a few years ago. (They appear to be covering the country slowly.) I thought it was incredibly intrusive so I never returned it. Nothing happened.
Who is John Galt..
Can’t have a census thread without this SNL Christopher Walken gem, Census Taker:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/4165
We responded. Aparantly they didn’t like many of my answers. (”I don’t know” and “too personal. refuse to answer.”)
They started calling. And calling. And calling.
I blocked the number. That lasted about a week, then the calls started up again with a new number. I blocked that, too. No issues for more than a month, then they called that again. I blocked that one.
So far, I haven’t heard from them in the last few weeks.
You’re right. The information is too personal. If I have to pull out last year’s tax return to answer, it’s too much.
What really irks me is that it plainly states on their website that they share this information with companies.
Yes, I received one two months ago and filled it out. There is nothing sinister about it.
There was another note waiting for me when I returned home today.
I threw it away three times, got phone calls twice and a visit from a representative while I was out. I called the Sheriff, who is a personal friend, and told him that they wee stalking me and I would like it to stop. Haven’t been bothered again since.
Before you can be legally required to respond, they must be able to legally prove you received it.
Did a cop or certified server deliver it to your door and did they have you sign a form you received it?
Was it delivered in person by a Dept of Commerce, and did they have you sign a form you received it?
Was it delivered certified or registered by the USPS and did they have you sign a form saying you received it?
If you answered no to these questions, toss it in the trash and, when asked, do your best impression of Sgt Schultz....
I know noth-INK!
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DISCLAIMER:
I am not a lawyer, nor do I play one on TV. I've just been studying it long enough to know the 3 methods of legal delivery, and some crap showing up in your mailbox like a piece of junk-mail AIN'T IT!