Not Publishers Clearinghouse....and

.. no, you dont have a chance to win $millions..but it does ultimately influence federal grants to your city/town.

Dear Resident:

About one week from now, you will receive a 2010 Census form in the mail. When you receive your form, please fill it out and mail it in promptly. Your response is important. Results from the 2010 Census will be used to help each community get its fair share of government funds for highways, schools, health facilities, and many other programs you and your neighbors need. Without a complete, accurate census, your community may not receive its fair share. Thank you in advance for your help.

http://2010.census.gov/news/releases/operations/120-million-households-to-receive-advance-letter.html

See a sample form:
Fill it out..or the men in black will come knocking on your door. :eek:

I'll tell them 40 Negros live here. :p:


Got this in an email a short time ago.

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I love the "where, in the constitution..." questions. Where, in the constitution, does it say people can buy mangos? Where, in the constitution, does it say that you can prohibit porn shops from opening in your neighborhood. Where, in the constitution, does it say that the government can install stop signs at intersections? Where, in the constitution, does it say that roller coasters can travel upside down?

Answers from Jerry Day: No Answer!

I thought the census was to count the population.

They had gender and over/under 16 age demographics from the start (not to mention Indians and slaves); fine-tuned the age demographics by the second census, and started getting into occupation by the fourth, and disabilities by the fifth.

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?)

This seems all fine to me, Whats all the buzz about this other form, the American Community Survey? Is that required as well?

Spexxvet;639716 wrote:

I love the "where, in the constitution..." questions. Where, in the constitution, does it say people can buy mangos? Where, in the constitution, does it say that you can prohibit porn shops from opening in your neighborhood. Where, in the constitution, does it say that the government can install stop signs at intersections? Where, in the constitution, does it say that roller coasters can travel upside down?

Answers from Jerry Day: No Answer!

SUPPORT YOUR RIGHT TO ARM BEARS!!!

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

squirell nutkin;639735 wrote:

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

Not in Disneyland. Monster can tell you.

How much did it cost to send out the letters saying they were gonna send out the census forms soon? Apparently money just grows on trees now....

. . . and they killed trees to send them.

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.

classicman;639741 wrote:

. . . and they killed trees to send them.

I hope it wasn't the money trees.

What's the big deal? A company that does not take inventory soon goes out of business. The census is just an inventory of the country.

jinx;639738 wrote:

How much did it cost to send out the letters saying they were gonna send out the census forms soon? Apparently money just grows on trees now....

Census Bureau research shows that reaching out to respondents with an advance letter and reminder postcard if necessary can boost census mail-back rates and save money. For every 1 percent increase in households that respond by mail, taxpayers save about $85 million in operational costs associated with census takers going door to door to follow up with households that did not mail back the form.

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

SamIam;639748 wrote:

What's the big deal? A company that does not take inventory soon goes out of business. The census is just an inventory of the country.

I agree, it is not a huge deal, but I don't think of myself as a product...more as a citizen.

xoxoxoBruce;639750 wrote:

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.

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.

xoxoxoBruce;639768 wrote:

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).

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.

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

TheMercenary;639743 wrote:

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.

squirell nutkin;639735 wrote:

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.

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

classicman;639723 wrote:

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.

xoxoxoBruce;639782 wrote:

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.

:thumb: and a second one too.... :thumb: :D

Fuckin-a.

jinx;639819 wrote:

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 #> :right: