Posted on 11/27/2009 5:24:12 PM PST by Winstons Julia
My 102 year old grandma has received two mailings from the Census Bureau. The envelope says she is required by law to answer the questions.
It's a huge booklet.
They are asking about her income. Does she get any from rental properties? How far does she drive to work?
I was stupefied at the financial questions asked.
What legal rights does she have? This reads like an invasive thing.
I thought they were just supposed to count us?
Should we go to the local congressman and complain?
Anyone?
I haven't received ANYTHING from the Census yet, and I'm in the same county.
I never fill out my census forms except for my name and how many people are living in the house. They already have my address.
The simplest way to f*** up the intrusion is to answer the questions about name and age of each occupant of the residence. With respect to all the other questions, answer no and for income answer $18,122.65 which is the minimum wage. If everyone did this, the Bureau of the Census would only be able to count people for the apportionment of seats in the House of Representative which is all they should be authorized to do.
In your grandma’s case, what are they going to do? Prosecute a 102 year old?
But for the rest of us, from what I’ve read, we’re pretty screwed. Ignore the forms or refuse to answer to an in-person census-taker, and at least some of us will go to jail.
They are going to use it to set new congressional districts. They will also list the GPS coordinates of her front door.
What are they going to do? Put a 102 year old granny in Jail?
Now would that not make front page all over the country and be a nice black mark on the entire census, nanny-statist, bureaucracy? lol
PS: Me, I'm only 66, but still willing to tell them to go ahead, make my day and charge me with whatever.
Fill in the number of people at the residence.
For every other question, write:
“My answer is the Fifth Amendment.”
You will therefore have legally answered each question. It will not be the answer they were expecting, but it is your honest answer. You aren’t NOT answering the question, and you are not lying.
They send long forms to a % of the population...I have to say seeing the Obama administration is out to off Grandma I would not let them know where I am
10 years ago I never received my envelope. They sent someone out to my house.
I refused to answer his questions despite threats of a $500 fine. Told him how many people lived there.
For the 2000 census I received the supplemental forms. I wrote rude remarks on the forms with red markers and sent them back.
I had three subsequent personal visits by census workers. The first two I was curt and direct and told them to leave.
The third time I answered my door with a Mossberg 500 shotgun in hand. They quickly left and never bothered me again.
True story.
According the to the Census site the regular census is strictly short form now. But there’s another yearly survey, sent selectively, with the same legal requirements and with many more questions.
Its probably not a scam, they have been planning this for a while and the White House is in charge of it. Assuming its actually from the census bureau.
I haven’t filled out a census form since 1980 and then blacked out any identifying information on the form and put in only generic demographic answers for my family. Since then I flatly refuse to comply. In 2000 the census taker stalked me - but I successfully avoided her.
The Constitution says “enumerate” - to count ... enumerate does not mean to identify by name or intrusively insist upon revealing very personal information.
If a census worker shows up on my porch - I will run him or her off my property... I have an 880 foot drive way - so this should help keep them away.
I haven’t received any forms in the mail yet.
Since the census in now in the hands of the Obama Administration - I flatly refuse to cooperate.
Tell them to go f*** themselves.
Here’s what I’m thinking. I’m thinking I rent or borrow a camcorder and we make a video. We talk about what the ten-year census is supposed to do.
We look at all the questions on grandma’s form (this appears to be an official mailing).
We head to the congressman’s office WITH the video running and we ask him why she is having to answer all of these questions.
There is a number on the envelope she can call for help.
I seriously was just FLABBERGASTED today when I was skimming through this huge mailer.
Neil Boortz talks about his experience with a census worker. He told the guy he’s only required by the constitution to count himself.
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