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....had the FIFTH census working stop by yesterday....he left with the same answers the other FOUR left with........

I own two houses. One at my farm that is vacant and the other that I live in about 8 miles away. Thus far, I've had two visits from Census workers at each house that I'm aware of, in addition to getting 3 forms at one house and two at the other. Obviously, I can't be both places simultaneously and they might have stopped by more times than I'm aware of. If they're not going to believe me when I return multiple copies of their stupid form, why do they bother sending the forms in the first place? The really scary part on the farm house was the last Census visitor insisted that she be able to look inside the house to confirm that no one lives there. I can't post what my response was. I would get banned from FR.....

....had the FIFTH census working stop by yesterday....he left with the same answers the other FOUR left with........

Obama keeps it running so he can cover some of the job losses...but as soon as the census is over unemployment is going to skyrocket again. My guess is that will happen after the elections in Nov.

When I sent in my form, I answered the number of people in the house. period. Then I included this letter (got it here on FR :-) ):

"For all other questions, my answer is this: You are not authorized by Article 1, Section 2 to ask for any more information other than number of persons at this house, regardless of any law or government agency rule, as the US Constitution trumps any laws of Congress, or any federal agency rules and regulations. Any attempts to coerce or intimidate me to answer more than is required by the Constitution, and any individuals that threaten fines or jail time if I do not answer such unconstitutional questions, will cause me to immediately contact local law enforcement authorities (sheriff), our local district attorney, and our state attorney general, to prosecute any federal agent involved with such threats."

...Now..... the census guy has been coming around, one day he came by when my husband was home and at the same time the UPS guy came by, he told the census guy to get lost.... the census guy has also left a notice at our door, and then I found out from my neighbor that he was back again, and asked my neighbor if he knew who lived here and then started asking other questions and my neighbor told him he wasn't going to answer any questions..... I think I need to print that out and put it on the door for the next time he shows up.

....had the FIFTH census working stop by yesterday....he left with the same answers the other FOUR left with........

Yep, same with me. First they claimed they didn’t get my form, then two different census workers came to my door and talked to me, and now I am getting repeated phone calls (despite the fact that I did not give my phone # on the form!)

I am pretty much convinced that since I live in a heavily Democrat area my family has been counted at least five times. The Repubs need to launch a major investigation here.

I sent the census form as required, with the required info. IIRC names and number of people at residence.

Yesterday a census worker shows up, my normally docile dog was not impressed, I’m not sure what set her off maybe the clipboard he was sporting.
By the time I intervened she had come very close to biting him, maybe it was him swatting at her with his clipboard that did it.

He was kind of sneaky in his approach when he said he would like me to complete a survey and that they had no record of this residence, never mentioning that it was for the census until I asked directly.

I told him that I had completed and sent the form in with the answers required by law.

Apparently that was not good enough but even after several attempts to convince me that it was a harmless and confidential survey, that’s all that he got from me.

I have a feeling he won’t be back but we shall see.

had the FIFTH census working stop by yesterday....he left with the same answers the other FOUR left with........

I've come to believe the census bureau LOVES when people refuse to answer questions. It gives them an excuse to write countless letters and send numerous individuals to your house. This is all additional income for their workers.

I told the first census worker I wasn't going to give all the answers, and they sent me 4 letters and another person. I told the last person to stop wasting my money. He just looked puzzled, and I had to explain. But I think they know the score.