Posted: 1/4/2011 8:59:17 PM EDT
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Arguing with people on another forum about government spending, and I did some calculating and reached this determination about the US Census Bureau... The Census Bureau spent More than 11 billion dollars On what could have been as simple as sending out a stamped envelope containing the census, another one to return it in, and perhaps an advance notice and reminder card. At 42 cents a stamp, that ends up being $1.68 per household plus the cost of printing out the survey. The US population after the census was reported as 308,745,538 people. Average 4.5 people per household, and you get 68,610,120 households. That adds up to $115,265,001 and 60 cents. Instead we spent $160 and change per home. In case you have trouble with math after that sentence, that is almost 1000 times as expensive as what was needed. Fantastic. |
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Arguing with people on another forum about government spending, and I did some calculating and reached this determination about the US Census Bureau... The Census Bureau spent More than 11 billion dollars On what could have been as simple as sending out a stamped envelope containing the census, another one to return it in, and perhaps an advance notice and reminder card. At 42 cents a stamp, that ends up being $1.68 per household plus the cost of printing out the survey.
The US population after the census was reported as 308,745,538 people. Average 4.5 people per household, and you get 68,610,120 households. That adds up to $115,265,001 and 60 cents. Instead we spent $160 and change per home. In case you have trouble with math after that sentence, that is almost 1000 times as expensive as what was needed. Fantastic. So when we drop 68,610120 census cards on your doorstep, you'll collate the data for free then? |
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Arguing with people on another forum about government spending, and I did some calculating and reached this determination about the US Census Bureau... The Census Bureau spent More than 11 billion dollars On what could have been as simple as sending out a stamped envelope containing the census, another one to return it in, and perhaps an advance notice and reminder card. At 42 cents a stamp, that ends up being $1.68 per household plus the cost of printing out the survey.
The US population after the census was reported as 308,745,538 people. Average 4.5 people per household, and you get 68,610,120 households. That adds up to $115,265,001 and 60 cents. Instead we spent $160 and change per home. In case you have trouble with math after that sentence, that is almost 1000 times as expensive as what was needed. Fantastic. So when we drop 68,610120 census cards on your doorstep, you'll collate the data for free then? Please.... You know damn well that the data collection didn't cost what they spent. http://www.genealogybranches.com/censuscosts.html |
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Quoted: Quoted: Arguing with people on another forum about government spending, and I did some calculating and reached this determination about the US Census Bureau... The Census Bureau spent More than 11 billion dollars On what could have been as simple as sending out a stamped envelope containing the census, another one to return it in, and perhaps an advance notice and reminder card. At 42 cents a stamp, that ends up being $1.68 per household plus the cost of printing out the survey. The US population after the census was reported as 308,745,538 people. Average 4.5 people per household, and you get 68,610,120 households. That adds up to $115,265,001 and 60 cents. Instead we spent $160 and change per home. In case you have trouble with math after that sentence, that is almost 1000 times as expensive as what was needed. Fantastic. So when we drop 68,610120 census cards on your doorstep, you'll collate the data for free then? What do all the people at the census bureau get paid for all year if they have to outsource the data dissemination? |
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Arguing with people on another forum about government spending, and I did some calculating and reached this determination about the US Census Bureau... The Census Bureau spent More than 11 billion dollars On what could have been as simple as sending out a stamped envelope containing the census, another one to return it in, and perhaps an advance notice and reminder card. At 42 cents a stamp, that ends up being $1.68 per household plus the cost of printing out the survey.
The US population after the census was reported as 308,745,538 people. Average 4.5 people per household, and you get 68,610,120 households. That adds up to $115,265,001 and 60 cents. Instead we spent $160 and change per home. In case you have trouble with math after that sentence, that is almost 1000 times as expensive as what was needed. Fantastic. So when we drop 68,610120 census cards on your doorstep, you'll collate the data for free then? What do all the people at the census bureau get paid for all year if they have to outsource the data dissemination? Full body lattes, hookers and blow frito don't cha know? 
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wht pisses me oof about the census is that in states where lots of illegals reside tehy are counted. the point of this counting is that you get representation. If illegals are being counted for representation than the states with less of them are getting fucked . taxation without representation since the legal voters are getting more reps in illegal heavy states. |
