Not Publishers Clearinghouse....and

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I seem to remember the last census, 10 years ago, was pages and pages.
The one 5 years ago was too.

They changed to a short form this year....with the longer form (now called the American Community Survey) sent to a small percentage of the population on a rotating basis throughout the decade.

[xoxoxoBruce]

That must have been what I got both times. The second time, 5 years ago, they wanted too much information and I refused the bitch ringing my doorbell every day for two weeks. Then her supervisor by phone for two weeks, then his supervisor for two months by mail.

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

That must have been what I got both times. The second time, 5 years ago, they wanted too much information and I refused the bitch ringing my doorbell every day for two weeks. Then her supervisor by phone for two weeks, then his supervisor for two months by mail.

There are those who believe that they are only required to provide the number of people in your household...and asking anything beyond that is unconstitutional.

They would be wrong. You could be fined or in the worst case, tossed in the can, for not responding, although highly unlikely unless you attempt to make yourself into a martyr for the cause.

I agree the long form is cumbersome and potentially intrusive, but I see the value of the data and dont see the nefarious intent projected by some (not you).

[xoxoxoBruce]

For example, I'm not telling them when I leave for work and when I return. That's none of their fucking business. Thieves want that information too. Oh, wait, the government, thieves... hmmm.

[glatt]

I got one of those a year ago. It was long.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by TheMercenary

It is a halmark of the new open check book method of operation. Get use to it. They will be back in another month or two to get their pound of your financial flesh.

The old open check book method of operation was all about making the rich richer and invading soveriegn countries.

[Spexxvet]

Originally Posted by squirell nutkin

SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO ARM BEARS!!!

I demand the right to eat mangos upside down on a rollercoaster.

While reading porn and driving through an intersection.

[squirell nutkin]

I was wondering who was in the car next to me...

[jinx]

Originally Posted by classicman

The Census 2010 will ask the following:

* Name
* Sex
* Age and date of birth
* Race (you may choose one or more races)
* Hispanic origin (considered an ethnicity, not a race)
* Relationship (How are the people in the household related to each other?)
* Housing tenure (Is the home owned or rented?)

Don't forget
* phone number.

[TheMercenary]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

For example, I'm not telling them when I leave for work and when I return. That's none of their fucking business. Thieves want that information too. Oh, wait, the government, thieves... hmmm.

and a second one too....

Fuckin-a.

[classicman]

Originally Posted by jinx

Don't forget
* phone number.

Oh they'll get a phone number all right - but i certainly won't be mine
<looks for Jims cell #>