Posted on 07/30/2005 2:00:35 PM PDT by Indy Pendance
THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION
Article. I. Section. 2. Clause 3:
The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct.
On the envelope:
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Economics and Statistics Administration
U.S. CENSUS BUREAU
Jeffersonville, IN 47132-0001
OFFICIAL BUSINESS
Penalty for Private Use $300
ACS-46(2003) (1-2004)
The American Community Survey
Form Enclosed
YOUR RESPONSE IS REQUIRED BY LAW
Dear Resident:
I recently sent a letter to your household about the American Community Survey. Enclosed is a questionnaire and mail it back as soon as possible in the postage-paid envelope.
This survey collects critical up-to-date information used to meet the needs of communities across the United States. For example, the results from this survey are used to decide where new schools, hospitals and fire stations are needed. This information also helps communities plan for the kinds of emergency situations that might affect you and your neighbors, such as floods and other natural disasters.
The U.S. Census Bureau chose your address, not you personally, as part of a randomly selected sample. You are required by U.S. law to respond to this survey. The Census Bureau is required by U.S. law to keep your answers confidential. The enclosed brochure answers frequently asked questions about the survey.
If you need help filling out the questionnaire, please use the enclosed guide or call our toll-free number (1-800-354-7271).
Thank you,
Sincerely,
Charles Louis Kincannon
Director, U.S. Census Bureau
Enclosures.
Frequently asked questions:
What is the American Community Survey?
Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau conducts a census. During Census 2000, the population of the United States was counted, and additional information was collected to describe the characteristics of the Nation’s population and housing.
The next census in 2010 will count the population, while the American Community Survey collects the information about population and housing characteristics throughout the decade. Based on the American Community Survey, the Census Bureau can provide data about our rapidly changing country more often than every 10 years.
Why don’t you use the information I provided on my Census 2000 questionnaire?
We need your response even if you completed a Census 2000 questionnaire, because the characteristics of your household may have changed since Census 2000. As we move further away from 2000, information provided in Census 2000 becomes outdated.
How do I benefit by answering the American Community Survey?
The American Community Survey provides up-to-date information for the Nation, states, cities, counties, metropolitan areas, and communities. By responding to the American community Survey questionnaire, you are helping your community to establish goals, identify problems and solutions, and measure the performance of programs.
Communities need data about the well-being of children, families, and the elderly to provide services to them. The data also are used to decide where to locate new highways, schools, hospitals, and community centers; to show a large corporation that a town has the workforce the company needs, and in many other ways.
Do I have to answer the questions on the American Community Survey?
Yes, your response to this survey is required by law (Title 13, United States Code, Sections 141 and 193). Title 13, as changed by Title 18, imposes a penalty for not responding. The survey is approved by the Office of Management and Budget. We estimate this survey will take about 38 minutes to complete.
How will the Census Bureau use the information that I provide?
The Census Bureau can us the information you provide to statistical purposes only and cannot publish or release information that would identify you and your household. Your information will be used in combination with information from other households to produce data for your community. Similar data will be produced for communities across the United States.
We may combine your answers with information that you gave to other agencies to enhance the statistical uses of these data. This information will be given the same protections as your survey information. Based on the information that you provide, you may be asked to participate in other Census Bureau surveys that are voluntary.
Will the Census Bureau keep my information confidential?
Yes. All of the information the Census Bureau collects from this survey about you and your household is confidential by law (Tot;e 13, United States Code, Section 9). By law, every Census Bureau employee-including the Director as well as every field representative-has taken an oath and is subject to a jail term, a fine, or both if he or she discloses ANY information that could identify you or your household.
Where can I find more information about the American Community Survey or get assistance?
You may visit our Web site www.census.gov/acs/www, or call 1-800-354-7271 if you need assistance or more information.
This is a 12 page booklet describing how to fill out the form. It is similar to a tax preparation booklet.
Sounds like those bureaucrats at Census don't write nearly as well as those at the first constitutional convention.
True. But considering the editing skills I used on my post, I'm glad it was you to mention it, and not me... ;)
I am not impressed with the quality of the planning that comes out of any level of our gov'ts. IMHO they don't know what they are doing, and what they have done so far is a joke. That they want to know every bit of data about what we have, where we are, and what we watch on TV serves some purpose, commerce, probably, but it doesn't give a clue about what we could be if they didn't restrict us so harshly in the area of land ownership, subsurface rights, etc. We are not even allowed to own land in outer space. Unreal.
I mkae a lot of typos myself. And that is after proofreading.
No different from a policeman asking for your papers. This is just a group of policemen nicely asking for lots of your papers. If they don't know your race, they won't know who the usual suspects are supposed to be.
This has been going on for about 200 years or so. There are some histories of the census on the net. The government needs (wants, would like, hopes, is afraid) to know how many people are in an ares in order to allocate resources such as fire, police, hospitals, schools, welfare offices, BATF agents, EPA offices, etc. Demographics change more often than every ten years.
The US Constitution requires an enumeration every 10 years. This idea that you must provide a f*****g .gov drone whatever he/she/it demands is absolute and unadulterated BS, as isn't 'required' by law as they claim. All they are entitled to is how many people are extant in the USA. They are not entitled to know how much you pay for a given commodity, nor are they authorized by the US Constitution (the only law that matters!!!) to ask how much fiat money you are given by your employer in an off-year census questionaire.
I'll defend this nation with the very last drop of blood in my veins. But this government? Let it defend itself. It has violated in nearly every way the very document that brought it into existance.
You could always mail it back one page at a time for 24 weeks. If they call to complain, just adopt a seasoned-citizen tone of voice and say, "I'M A VERY BUSY MAN!"
Don't worry- he's personally too busy going around the country designating locations for community centers.
We've decided, Resident will fill it out. It was addressed to him, we can't legally open his mail.
NO WAY I would fill that thing out.
Let them come and arrest your address, then teach them how to write a coherent sentence.
OMG! You will surely be sent to the government's secret torture facility. You will NEVER see your loved ones again. Gitmo is Disneyland compared to where YOU will be sent.
Prayers for you and your family.
There are other opinions. There was such an outcry at the proposed Constitution that they were forced to modify some of it, and add the Bill of Rights, especially the Second Amend, even before it was adopted. Even with that, there is latitude for the assumption of unlimited power. Patrick Henry was extremely torqued off about the whole deal and wondered why they were writing a new constitution in the first place.
I am afraid you don't understand that either. Our government has three coequal branches, Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary with a series of checks and balances to keep any one from becoming all powerful. Supreme Court Justices can be impeached by the Congress. Their rulings can be overturned by acts of Congress. The Executive can ignore them. The entire court can be eliminated by a constitutional amendment.
The idea that the court's rulings can't be overturned because they become precedent is a myth pushed by the left to keep their unconstitutional court rulings in place.
Mainly because I see that we are excluded from owning land in outer space, and I am in Alaska where only one percent of the land and none of the subsurface rights are in private hands. You have corporate ownership and gov't ownership for the 99%. Things sure have changed in the land of milk and honey since 200 years ago when they couldn't even give land away fast enough.
Under what circumstances? As to impeachment, that is limited to treason and criminal activity.
The bottom line is, the constitution was passed without some of the opposing views by the 56 representatives. I guess some weren't persuasive in their arguments to make a different constitution. Whether or not someone didn't like it at that time, isn't relevant today. The Constitution is our country's law. If it's not spelt out in the constitution, it's up for grabs as a state issue. Something totally lacking at the federal level today. They weren't very persuasive in their arguments back then to convince them the 2nd Amendment was a bad idea. I think it's a fabulous idea. It's one right we have to overthrow oppressive governments. Our framers saw what happened to them in England. Many countries are going through it today. FMCDH.
And that's why when my STATE shows up with a STATE Trooper and a STATE court order directing my compliance, I might consider filling it out -- since my STATE does determine such things as where roads and schools get built (not the Federal government).
Of course my state hasn't quite slid that far off the deep end yet, but the Massachusetts annexation continues unabated so who knows...
Why did the feds usurp Alaska's state property rights? Maybe this all happened before Alaska was a state. I'm not familar with that part of your history. But, the feds shouldn't be in the land owning business. A parcel here and there for parks is one thing. Owning 99% of a state is a whole different issue. What are you all doing about it?
Question 13-C: "How well does this person speak English?"
My response- better than you can write it.
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