If they haven’t already knocked on your door, it won’t be long before a United States Census Taker does. The Constitution demands that the Federal Government to count all of us once every ten years. So, this is 2010 and this is a census year.
The big question many of us have is “What are all these other questions census takers will be asking us this year? Very personal questions like: Do you have any disabilities? How much income do you receive? Where do you get your income from? How much do you spend for housing? How many cars to do you own? How much do you pay for insurance? Do you receive Food Stamps? How much do you pay for utilities? What is your race? These and many more are all demands for information you would not tell a stranger. In the view of many citizens, if they have a clip board and they are from the Census Bureau they are still strangers.
The Census Bureau of course says it is all right for you to give them your private, personal information because even though they are strangers they offer complete security. Really?? How can the Census Bureau claim data security, with any confidence, when virtually every government data base has been lost, hacked or compromised. Would the Census Bureau claim of Security by an outright lie or at the very least be highly improbable? How would the Census Bureau locate, protect or compensate those of us whose security has been compromised?
Remember, that to interact with you in any way the government must have Constitutional Authority. We as U.S. citizens have simply been extremely lax for the last couple of hundred years in demanding proof of authority for handing out personal private information, our money and our individual power and liberties to the government.
So, having fallen so far behind on limiting the encroachment of the Federal government on our wealth and privacy maybe the 2010 Census would be a good place to start by letting the government know, that we know, that they are not authorized to demand our cooperation in the contrived schemes they come up with for personal private information gathering. If they claim they do have the authority show them a copy of the Constitution and ask them to show you what authority they have to demand your private information from you. They will not be able to do it.
Although you and I may know that our Constitution calls only for counting us all every ten years, that does not mean that any other personal private questions may be asked by the government. However, we must temper that with “Never under estimate the power of the U.S. Government.” So, what is the penalty for non-compliance? The penalty is a fine of $100.for not answering the questions and $500.for answering them falsely. So, count the cost! Is it worth it to you to demand a Constitutional Federal government by not answering all those unconstitutional questions but only provide “the number of people living in your household”.
Thousands of citizens, who have questioned the Census Bureau authority to ask all those questions, have returned their forms answering only the question about the number of people living in their household. They felt that it was worth it. And yes, all are subject to the $100.fine. However, the law is unclear about the enforcement of that penalty. The Census Bureau says “it is not up to us to enforce any penalties”. That, they say, would be up to the Judicial Branch of government. So, the odds are that no one is coming after you folks who refuse to answer all those unconstitutional questions on the census. But keep a hundred dollar bill handy in case they do.
Remember, unless the Census Bureau can show you their Constitutional Authority for asking any other question than” how many people are living in your household?” you don’t even have to open the door for them. And that might be a good way to show the Federal government that we are sick and tired of their efforts and schemes to extract our private, individual and personal information from us.
Think About It! JCD – 3/31/10
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The only answer they will get from me is 1 person lives at this address
If you notice, the first question (how many people live at this address) lies in a shaded box. I answered that question and crossed out the rest with the notation that “counting the number of people in the household is mandated by the US Constitution. These other questions are not, and we refuse to answer them.” Will be interesting to see if they force the issue.
just another way for the feds to try keeping us under their thumb……anybody can pay money to find anything out about anybody else….its about a hundred bux……it cost way more than that on an average to have the census takers door to door……multiply that by the number of doors they knock on…….makes one wonder if the messiah is going to have the IRS control it like the health care thing……hhhhhmmmmmm…………1984 Read It!!!!
I agree completely with the writer of the article ! My response to the census taker will be” x people live here”. They already have my name and social security #. They don’t need anymore than that. ” I’m mad as hell and I’m not gunna take it sitting down anymore”.
You people are fascist, teabagging, paranoid losers.
John Jr-
Don’t talk about the gummint workers like that. They will get you!
BD
JCD is one of the stupidest teabaggers ever. Where was his outrage when George Bush was violating the US Constitution on an almost daily schedule.
I threw mine in the trash! I don’t trust any of them anymore.
The first time a census worker came to my house I told the lady how many people were in the house and said have a nice day. Then they send another lady BACK and she says she either has to have a name or a phone number of someone in the house. I thought legally all we had to do was tell them how many people live here, and not answer any other questions. But this lady was pretty demanding as to those other tidbits of our personal info. The government can look up any info on any legal citizen, so what gives?
To date, no one has been fined or jailed for not anwering the questions. The Cenus Bureau is in so much hot water and under so much scrutiny because of ineptitude that they don’t dare open up a legal can of worms. There are too many civil liberties organizations just waiting for a chance to drag them into court.
The census worker can visit you up to six times. They can legally ask your neighbors questions about you as long as the neighbor is 16 or older.
You have the right to question your census worker with the Public Servant Questionnaire.
You can include a notice to the Census Bureau in your unanswered American Community Survey if you choose to return it unanswered.
There is a bill before Congress to make the American Community Survey completely voluntary. To learn about these and other Census Bureau issues please visit:
http://censusthis.wordpress.com/
9/4/10
Well I doubt very much If anyone will actually read this ?
I worked as a Census Taker from April until June 2010 & It was OneHellofaALASKAN ADVENTURE !
Every situation from WWII Veteran’s that actually Welcomed My Visit to Their Homes to
Total AssHoles that Slammed the Door in My Face & Everything In Between.
But the Most Negative Experience was the Census Management in Anchorage,AK.
Census Upper Management are Truly Total AssHoles !
I could write a Novel about that issue but of course No One would be interested.
The Wages I Earned enabled me to Pay for a New Roof on my tired ole House.
So it was All Worth the Effort.
Retiree SPW “Airborne”