Posted on 03/21/2010 9:11:09 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear
There's been a lot of talk on FR about "Civil Disobedience." Back when I was a kid, filthy disease ridden hippies burned their draft cards to protest against the Viet Nam War.
Should we respond to Obamacare by burning our census forms in a public act of civil disobedience?
Does anyone have any better idea?
It’s Gadsden Flag time.
My census form says NOTHING about any fines, so I don’t know about any fines. Per the Constitution, enter the number of individuals living in quarters. DON’T include their names or answer any other questions EXCEPT under race.. There enter “other race”: MIXED (UNKNOWN).
I’m considering telling them more if they BRIBE me. After all, they’re masters at bribery as we’ve just witnessed.
Oh btw I already filled mine in. Less my phone number and whether or not I own the house.
But I “accidentally” spilled coffee on it. Somehow my daughter got it and attempted to fill some of it in with crayons. My dog pulled it off my desk and chewed it for a bit till I realized he had it. Was eating some peanut butter and crackers and when I reached for a napkin I grabbed the form instead, so got my peanut buttery finger prints on it.
Hope they’ll still accept it...
No, don’t burn the form, fill it out and send it in. That data will also be used during the next two conservative administrations. Don’t burn our future, burn a hope and change bumper sticker instead.
$5000 fine now. With the fascism bill signed, the Obama will need all the funds he can get, so I’ll expect a big push to prosecute people and collect $5000 from each.
In the other column put ARAB.
NO, turn it upside down. The signal of distress.
all they got from me was male / female 2 adults
They can levy a $5,000 fine for not complying, but I listened to an interview of one of the Census bigwigs and they said they’ve never fined anyone. They choose instead to “persuade people how important this information is”.
Great idea - let’s under count white conservatives. Next?
Oh btw I already filled mine in. Less my phone number and whether or not I own the house.
But I “accidentally” spilled coffee on it. Somehow my daughter got it and attempted to fill some of it in with crayons. My dog pulled it off my desk and chewed it for a bit till I realized he had it. Was eating some peanut butter and crackers and when I reached for a napkin I grabbed the form instead, so got my peanut buttery finger prints on it.
Hope they’ll still accept it...
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You sound like my brother doing his taxes. “The law says I have to file my taxes. It doesn’t say I have to do them right”
To the best of your ability, cut off the federal cash flow.
For example, decrease your withholding to zero, and put it in a savings account instead, denying them the money until March next year when you write your annual income tax check.
If everyone did this at the same time, it would so severely cut off the feds cash flow, they would be crippled.
That’s how I filled mine out ,, number of persons and under each person gave names as jane doe #1 , john doe#1 , baby doe#1 etc. ,, no other questions answered.
That is correct , the fine has never been imposed because the census doesn’t want it tested in court , they will lose.
Since it asks how many people are living in the house as of 4/01/2010, how can I honestly answer that now??? Today is only 3/21/2010!!
Wouldn't my answers be in error since that date hasn't yet arrived?
Fly the flag upside down! It makes a statement, while NOT flying it makes none at all. Apologies to all patriots.
I may get a Gadsen Flag and fly that instead of The American Flag, until The Dictator is gone.
As for the race question, RUSH suggested marking the "other" box and printing in all caps: AMERICAN
Flying the Flag upside down is also an excellent idea.
Thanks to those who posted that idea.
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