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 the thought police are at it again!
First thing that occured to me too.
Tossing it in the trash immediately, also reduced the odds of allowing "fear" to take over.
Exactly like polls. Keeps life interesting.
Thanks.
I love the internet.
http://www.census.gov/procur/www/fdca/april22-posting.html
Then, they'll be able to do all sorts of things!
Well, I am making an addition to my will "toot sweet".
If a hellfire missile ever comes through my front door, I know who did it!
Minor point - it is Schulz v IRS. This case, for those of us who believe in a restoration of balance of power and Constitutional limits and prerogatives, is probably the most important case to come through the courts in a long long long time. If it withstands possible appeals, it completely emasculates the regulatory / adminstrative law apparatus of the federal (and perhaps state) governments, and if there is one part of the government that the People find objectionable this is it.
Even though the reasoning is clear and firmly based in unambiguous constitutional language I fear what the Supreme Court is likely to do. Rhenquist and Scalia (but not Thomas) are more worrisome, even, than the other crowd because they tend to believe in stare decisis, status quo, and power to the state - and for those who admire Scalia's statements about original intent, his ability to evade clear constitutional principals when it serves the power of the federal government never ceases to amaze me.
Why?
I would simply claim I never got them. If they hand me another set, I will toss them too, and claim I mailed them in. They got to prove I didn't.
I just love the dead end interpretation of innocent until proven guilty...
bttt
Or the second.
Funny you should say that.
One of the things that just went through my mind a few minutes ago that made me smile is the treasure trove of eternally useful phrases that the founders left us. The topical one today is...
I always liked the sound of that...
So the Bill of Rights was appended. They are chipping away at the Bill of Rights now. Like woodpeckers.
One can't help wondering... do you have a helicopter?
I stand corrected /grin\, your way is better.
Even that is a response. If you were in a natural state there wouldn't be anyting to respond to. Whatever keeps the State uppermost in your mind keeps you involved in the ethical being.
And, at the risk of sounding paranoid, I think there is always some bureaucrat looking to make an example of someone by ruining their life as an object lesson to the rest of us.
We cannot escape being part of the system. Even anarchists are in the system while denying the system.
Thanks for the ping!
"Enclosed is a questionaire and mail it back ASAP..." ???? what the ...?
They don't say fill it out here. Just return it blank. As long as they pay the postage.
You are misinformed. James Madison is laughing at you.
I think yours is the most intelligent way to handle this.
Providing false answers on the form garners a fine 5x more than not answering at all.
I am inclined to support such a fine. The answers beyond enumeration are none of their business, and abstaining from answering is your 4th Amendment right, but outright lying is not reasonable.
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