Down for the Count

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Good news from the U.S. Census Bureau! "The 2010 Census will be a short-form only census," its website declares. It will still be longer than the Constitution calls for -- asking for "name, sex, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, relationship and housing tenure" -- but that's a start, right?

Wrong. The site goes on to say that the "more detailed socioeconomic information is now collected through the American Community Survey" -- an annual supplement to the census that is not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. The ACS wants to know if you "have difficulty dressing or bathing" or have difficulty "concentrating, remembering or making decisions." It wants to know how well your toilets are working. It wants to know how much your monthly bills amount to, how healthy you and your children are, how you get to work and how long it takes you to get there.

Campaign For Liberty — Down for the Count   | by Peter Orvetti

 

[MaggieMae]

Good news from the U.S. Census Bureau! "The 2010 Census will be a short-form only census," its website declares. It will still be longer than the Constitution calls for -- asking for "name, sex, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, relationship and housing tenure" -- but that's a start, right?

Wrong. The site goes on to say that the "more detailed socioeconomic information is now collected through the American Community Survey" -- an annual supplement to the census that is not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. The ACS wants to know if you "have difficulty dressing or bathing" or have difficulty "concentrating, remembering or making decisions." It wants to know how well your toilets are working. It wants to know how much your monthly bills amount to, how healthy you and your children are, how you get to work and how long it takes you to get there.

Campaign For Liberty — Down for the Count **| by Peter Orvetti

Did you complain about the census when Republicans have been in power? Just curious.

Having done census taking twice over the course of 20 years, the questions change and become more inclusive every time simply because demographics change, the economy has a tremendous impact on lifestyles, etc., from the previous 8 years. Grow a brain.

 

[William Joyce]

Mostly the Obamanation just wants to know if you're white. That way they can track you.

 

[Kevin_Kennedy]

Good news from the U.S. Census Bureau! "The 2010 Census will be a short-form only census," its website declares. It will still be longer than the Constitution calls for -- asking for "name, sex, age, date of birth, race, ethnicity, relationship and housing tenure" -- but that's a start, right?

Wrong. The site goes on to say that the "more detailed socioeconomic information is now collected through the American Community Survey" -- an annual supplement to the census that is not mentioned anywhere in the Constitution. The ACS wants to know if you "have difficulty dressing or bathing" or have difficulty "concentrating, remembering or making decisions." It wants to know how well your toilets are working. It wants to know how much your monthly bills amount to, how healthy you and your children are, how you get to work and how long it takes you to get there.

Campaign For Liberty — Down for the Count **| by Peter Orvetti

Did you complain about the census when Republicans have been in power? Just curious.

Having done census taking twice over the course of 20 years, the questions change and become more inclusive every time simply because demographics change, the economy has a tremendous impact on lifestyles, etc., from the previous 8 years. Grow a brain.

Well during the last census I would have been 11 or 12, so I wasn't particularly concerned about Republicans or Democrats. But I can assure you no complaint I make is partisan in nature, being as I'm neither a Republican nor a Democrat.

The point of the census is to gain an accurate picture of the number of people living in certain areas to give them proper representation in the House, and nothing more. The Constitution makes that very clear. Learn to read.