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More wasteful government/ Farm Census
USDA | 1-29-08 | GeronL

Posted on 01/29/2008 9:38:51 AM PST by GeronL

My brother-in-law got a 'farm census' in the mail. He is required to fill it out and return it by Feb 4, by law.

The best part is that he lives in the middle of the DFW metroplex and has never been associated with agriculture. His daughter does have a pet sugar glider though.

This form is large and 24 pages in legnth. I filled it out for him, basically the first 3 answers are 'none' and it said to skip to the backpage bif it was, and then 3 more questions to say we have no farm here.

Now we gotta mail it back.

How many government employees are opening these envelopes and punching the asnwers into a computer? How much tax money was wasted with this idiocy?

Of course I could have also gone to their website and did the survey but I decided to send it back the old fashion way.

at the bottom of the back page it says...

According to Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995... blah blah blah

hilarious.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Cheese, Moose, Sister
KEYWORDS: census; waste
I know this is a vanity but this is insane. Repeat millions of times and we start to get an idea of why govt is a bad thing
1 posted on 01/29/2008 9:38:52 AM PST by GeronL
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To: GeronL

According to Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995... blah blah blah


Reference: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=paperwork+reduction+act


2 posted on 01/29/2008 9:45:52 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

also known as a make-work project or, justification for their existence


3 posted on 01/29/2008 9:48:04 AM PST by GeronL
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To: GeronL
also known as a make-work project or, justification for their existence

Bingo, stack papers on left side of desk in the morning, stack papers on right side of desk in the afternoon. Mover entire stack back to center at quitting time.

4 posted on 01/29/2008 10:06:46 AM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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To: org.whodat

Bingo, stack papers on left side of desk in the morning, stack papers on right side of desk in the afternoon. Mover entire stack back to center at quitting time.


Are you saying the paper work reduction act does not reduce paperwork, just certifies the process? (and adds to the paperwork?)


5 posted on 01/29/2008 10:23:04 AM PST by PeterPrinciple ( Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: GeronL
Sounds like they're implementing part of NAIS.

That should concern you.

6 posted on 01/29/2008 10:27:59 AM PST by Carry_Okie (We have people in power who love evil.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Yes! But of course when they wear the paper out from moveing it from side to side, they will be forced to make more copies.


7 posted on 01/29/2008 12:16:54 PM PST by org.whodat (What's the difference between a Democrat and a republican????)
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