[gwilhelm56]

3 Americans live in this household... anything more is NOYFB!!

[fatnotlazy]

“3 Americans live in this household... anything more is NOYFB!!”

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This is one of the reasons I DO NOT intend to participate in the next census. I don’t want anyone to know I live alone. What if some census taker decides that he and his friends can conduct a home invasion on me?

And as we know, the Prez wants to conscript everyone for this “volunteer” service. If I don’t participate in the cencensus, they may still find me from tax returns and the like. But I’m not about to make it easy for them to find me.

[RJL]

3 Americans live in this household... anything more is NOYFB!!

According to the US Supreme Court in Roe v. Wade, we have a right to privacy "emanating from the penumbra" of the Constitution.

[CMS]

Just do what I'm going to do. This is the letter that I'll be enclosing with a copy of the cesus form they send me.

To Whom it May Concern:

I have recently received the enclosed Census 2010 form.

The Constitution’s Article I, Section 2 states: “The actual Enumeration shall be made within three years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law Direct.” This simple statement in the Constitution gives the Federal Government the power to count the number citizens in each state.

•Nowhere does it authorize the Federal Government to compel the citizens to divulge their housing payment arrangements.
•Nowhere does it give the Federal Government the power to compel citizens to provide their phone number.
•Nowhere does it give the Federal Government the power to compel citizens to divulge their sex, age and date of birth.
•Nowhere does it give the Federal Government the power to compel citizens to divulge their race or ethnic heritage.

The Tenth Amendment to the Constitution limits the Federal Government’s powers to only those that are specifically delegated to it by the Constitution. This means that the Federal Government cannot usurp powers that have not been granted to it in the Constitution. An example of this usurpation of power is your implied threat of legal action against me if I do not respond to this form completely. The Census Bureau, as a representative of the United States Government, only has the power to enumerate me. My name is XXXX XXXXXX. I live at XXXX XXXXX Dr. Apt. XXXX., XXXXXX, TX. My wife is Mrs XXXXXXX XXXXXX of the same address. Consider me and my wife officially enumerated. Now you can determine how many congressman my state should have.

I will not provide you with any of the other information you request and you cannot compel me to without overstepping the Constitutional limits on your powers. Do not send a representative to my house. I will not answer the door.

Signed XXXXXXX

[fishergirl]

That’s my answer too!

[MSF BU]

I’d bump it up to five or six if you are in a conservative area, reduce it to one if not. My house is going down to “unoccupied” when they send the form.