Posted on 09/16/2013 3:28:02 PM PDT by Haiku Guy
Another FReeper indicated that he had received the American Community Survey, which is the 28-page extended survey from the Census Bureau that asks all kinds of invasive questions about income, health, living arrangements, etc.
I had also received the American Community Survey some time ago. I did not return it, and I have not heard from the Census Bureau since.
In the thread, it seemed like a number of FReepers have received this survey, which got me to thinking... Is it possible that the Census Bureau is targeting folks like FReepers, collecting data for political purposes?
A few years ago, I would not have believed it. Now, after the NSA and IRS scandals, I am beginning to wonder.
So, how about it. Have you gotten this survey? If so, what did you do with it? Did you fill it out, or did you roundfile it? Let's see if we can generate some data.
If FReepers have been targeted disproportionately with this survey, it would be a big deal. Hugh and Series. I'm talking Shower Time, big time.
Yes.
I don’t want to respond to this thread. I’m sure it’s being monitored.
That’s three, so far.
I wonder how many of these the government sent out.
I $h!t-canned it. No reason to answer their questions.
That makes four.
It was addressed to “resident”, so I put it back in the mailbox stating that “no one by that name lives here”.
That reads like a question from one of those slanted polls.
The correct answer is: "It is possible that they are and it is possible that they are not."
It would be better to know the probability that they are or are not based on evidence or inference.
No, heven’t received it.
But I was blessed to receive the multi-page, draconian USDA “census” a while back, in an envelop with dire warnings about compliance, wanting to know how big my agricultural operation was - size of my fruit orchards, crops, livestock, dairy, aquaculture, number of farmhands - legal and illegal - total wages, sales, profit/loss, etc, pertaining to my 1.3 ACRE residential property.
Five.
“If FReepers have been targeted disproportionately with this survey, it would be a big deal.”
Yeah, but I don’t think there is any way you could determine that by just getting responses on a thread like this. How could you tell if they were targeting us disproportionately, instead of just targeting us proportionately? You’re missing too many variables in the equation.
I got hit with that or something very similar about 4 years ago. It was from Department of Commerce Bureau of Census. They wanted to know how much money I spent on anything and everything. They even wanted to know all about my ATM withdrawals. If you spend money on anything embarrassing they want to know all about it. None of the letters were addressed to me by name. At first I ignored the letters. The letters kept coming. They sent people to bang on my door several times. Unfortunately I do not have a dog. It was an absolute nightmare. Ronald Reagan was 100% correct when he said that the scariest words in the English language are “I am from the government and I am here to help you.” I told them “Have you got a search warrant? No! GTF out of here!” This went on for about a year before they gave up. I saved all of the letters. Most people don’t believe me when I tell the story. It is hard to believe that this is happening in America, but it is.
Bottom line, it is just one more question to ask conservative candidates: “Are you in favor of returning the Bureau of the Census to just its constitutional mandate of an ‘actual enumeration’ and *nothing* more?”
That is, they are constitutionally authorized to record how many people there are. They should be prohibited from gathering any other data.
Bottom line, it is just one more question to ask conservative candidates: “Are you in favor of returning the Bureau of the Census to just its constitutional mandate of an ‘actual enumeration’ and *nothing* more?”
That is, they are constitutionally authorized to record how many people there are. They should be prohibited from gathering any other data.
Return to sender with “No Speaky Enlish”.
ok- we’ve gotten 2 of those with dire warnings!! The USDA census but have not responded- wanted to talk to my congressman Gohmert 1st.What did you do with it?
The purpose of this thread is to determine if there is smoke. If there is, we can start looking for the fire.
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