Posted: 4/8/2010 9:25:02 AM EDT
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I recieved this in an email today...
_____________________________________ March 10, 2010 Robert M. Groves Director, U.S. Census Bureau Washington , D.C. Dear Mr. Groves: Thank you for your kind letter of March 8th telling me that you will be sending me a Census form in about a week. It made me wonder, do you also send your employees emails giving them a “heads up” that you’ll be sending them future mails? I know this is a really busy time for you, but perhaps you will humor me by answering a few survey questions: • How does it cost $14 BILLION to count 350 million people? That’s $40 per person. Did you think about bidding this out to a private company? I’ll count everyone in my town for $25 per person. Please send me $250,000 and I’ll send you back the information (care to guess how many people live in my town?). I’m also willing to do a few surrounding towns if you want. • Are you really hiring 800,000 people to conduct this count? Is this really just a government plot to temporarily reduce the unemployment figures for two months? Each new hire only has to count 437.5 people—I could do that in one morning and be done! • Why did you think you needed a Super Bowl ad to tell people about the Census? Never mind, I guess that’s obvious since you think you need to send me a letter to tell me that you’re going to send me a letter. • Is it true that every person identified could be “worth” $1,000 in Federal government aid, prompting cities and counties to aggressively seek out and count any and all illegal residents in their area? • How many Acorn activists are working on the Census? Are you comfortable hiring people from an organization that is facing charges of voter registration fraud? No, wait, they have changed their name, even tho they have the same people working for them, so I guess that is okay? • The census form only has 10 questions, so why are two of them focused on race? Instead of asking me if I’m Hispanic and THEN asking my race, you could pretty much just add Hispanic to the race question. ¿Entiendes? Don’t get me wrong, I really appreciate your letter. It is a stark reminder of how wacky and over-blown our bloated federal government has become. I only wish you were doing this survey in October so we’d be even more energized for the November elections, if that is even possible. Of course, you and the other folks in the bureaucracy are not elected, so it doesn't matter to you who is elected. Your jobs are safe, since the bureaucracy goes on forever, always growing to support the never-ending, and always-growing number of 'entitlements' that our elected officials enact, so that each can be re-elected and/or his/her political party can remain powerful. Good luck with your census - we’re all counting on you! ______________________________________________________ I really wish I could have seen his reaction to it. |
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I am confused do you think Mr groves or anyone from the Census dept will read that? They read the first smartass comment and hit delete. When people contact officials and really want to make a difference they should try to keep it professional or you give them an excuse to shit can it.
I am not saying that is necessarily what they deserve but if you do want to be heard do it right or don't waste the time. I don't understand why so many get so up tight about the census. took 10 minutes to answer they asked about who lived in our home took me two minutes to answer BAM done no intrusion no issues. If we don't fill it out it just means THEY are the only ones being counted. NOt a good strategy. |
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On the actual census, I put down "2" for household, and the age/sex of myself and wife. They don't need our names, birthdates, telephone numbers, and races. Also got the community survey, the real invasive questionnaire that has nothing to do with the census. This I trashed. Also have the following prepared if they decide to pay me a visit. “I hereby affirm that the provisions of Title 13 “requiring” me to disclose my race, personal financial data, birth date, or any other personal, private information to the Bureau of the Census, an agency of the United States government; constitutes an unreasonable, unwarranted search of my person, house, papers, and/or effects; and a governmental invasion of the sanctity of my home and the privacy of life. As such, these provisions violate the Fourth Amendment of the US Constitution, and are thus wholly void and I am not bound to obey them. I have completed the only those sections of the Census form pertaining to the Constitutionally-mandated actual enumeration, as follows: 1. The actual number of people living at the address printed on the form, excluding untaxed Native Americans; 2. Age of each person in accordance with US Constitution. Amendment XIV, Section 2. 3. Sex of each person, in accordance with US Constitution. Amendment XIV, Section 2. I have thus fulfilled my obligation to the attainment of the actual enumeration of the populace of the United States. Any fine or other sanction that is levied by any office or organization stemming from the unconstitutional provisions of Title 13 in connection with my response to this or any other Census-related questioning will be challenged in a court of law.” |