To be fair, the Census is a power enumerated in the constitution. Knowledge of this information does help with a vital aspect of government which is the economic planning for the country. Individual census data is sealed and strictly protected for decades. I can't say as I would enjoy it, but just like voting & jury duty, the census is something necessary to the proper operation of a representative government, therefore it really is your duty as a citizen to comply with the request/demand.
The extra additional questions may seem a bit intrusive, but they really are just aggregated, the data isn't going to be used for nefarious purposes. Even if you put in something completely different from the IRS & Census data, for instance you wouldn't get an audit because the IRS isn't allowed access to that particular set of information. On Mon, Jun 24, 2013 at 4:59 PM, Daniel Fussell <[email protected]> wrote: > On 06/10/2013 12:33 PM, Nathan England wrote: > >> On Monday, June 10, 2013 10:23:49 AM Matthew Frederico wrote: >> >>> Thoughts? >>> >> >> >> Oh well. Matthew has a good point. At least *this* is doing something. Of >> course, it's >> much harder when you've got a wife and a handful of kids to take care >> of... >> > > I hear that. My wife and I had a very serious conversation when we were > "chosen" ("you've been chosen") for the special US census survey that asked > all kinds of private details (mortgage values, commute times, home values, > medical insurance information, etc), and filling it out was required by law > under threat of both fines and jail time for not complying. It was the > spammiest thing I've ever gotten outside of > please-helpme-move-massive-**sum-to-your-bank-account > emails. My wife and I began a very serious discussion about how far we > were willing to go to protest the intrusive census; a survey we felt was > far in excess of the census designated in the constitution. We wrote > letters to our representatives, made a stink on facebook, talked to > everyone we knew about it, and began making backup plans in case things got > ugly. We had a number of sleepless nights, and were very grateful to Ron > Paul for proposing that participation in the census be changed from > mandatory to voluntary, and the federal penalties dropped. > > We all probably did the same thing last year with the SOPA fiasco. We > wrote letters, signed petitions, blacked-out websites. Granted, writing > letters is not likely to quickly return us to the glory days of the late > 18th century, but the response I've seen from the untold number of people > writing letters has been surprising to me. > > Grazie, > > ;-Daniel Fussell > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: > http://plug.org/mailman/**options/plug<http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug> > Don't fear the penguin. > */ > /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
