THE4RINGZ wrote: Just arrived in the mail.

I believe I will fill it out, but am concerned about giving everyone's name and stuff. If it is supposed to be confidential information collected solely for statisitcal purposes why do they need to know the name of everyone living in my house?

I am just not that big of fan of giving the government more information about myself than absolutely necesary.


Any thoughts?

tk421 wrote: Then what's the point of the census? Taking all the information from all the different government agencies, I guarantee they pretty much have information on everyone already legally allowed in this country. Seems a pretty good waste of money to count everyone again.

ts1227 wrote: It's amazing how shit we've done forever in this country magically has become a conspiracy to people in the past 5 years.

tk421 wrote:

ts1227 wrote: It's amazing how shit we've done forever in this country magically has become a conspiracy to people in the past 5 years.

Tell that to the Japanese rounded up by the government with "help' from the Census data. Oh, no, our government is much too ethical to ever use all the data about it's citizens in such a manner. Please.

ts1227 wrote: What makes the 2010 Census different than any other one in US history, other than you just so have happened to despise the President and/or Congress when this one showed up in your mailbox?

The standards are quite rigid on how it is run and how the data is used, regardless of who is in power.

tk421 wrote:

ts1227 wrote: What makes the 2010 Census different than any other one in US history, other than you just so have happened to despise the President and/or Congress when this one showed up in your mailbox?

The standards are quite rigid on how it is run and how the data is used, regardless of who is in power.

I find the amount of information the government already has about us alarming, I see no need to voluntarily give them more. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't trust our government with my grocery list, let alone private information about it's citizens.

Glory Days wrote:

tk421 wrote:

ts1227 wrote: What makes the 2010 Census different than any other one in US history, other than you just so have happened to despise the President and/or Congress when this one showed up in your mailbox?

The standards are quite rigid on how it is run and how the data is used, regardless of who is in power.

I find the amount of information the government already has about us alarming, I see no need to voluntarily give them more. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't trust our government with my grocery list, let alone private information about it's citizens.

what more information are you giving them in the census?

tk421 wrote:

Glory Days wrote:

tk421 wrote:

ts1227 wrote: What makes the 2010 Census different than any other one in US history, other than you just so have happened to despise the President and/or Congress when this one showed up in your mailbox?

The standards are quite rigid on how it is run and how the data is used, regardless of who is in power.

I find the amount of information the government already has about us alarming, I see no need to voluntarily give them more. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't trust our government with my grocery list, let alone private information about it's citizens.

what more information are you giving them in the census?

Then why do we need it? If it's redundant, what's the point, besides government waste and counting illegal immigrants?

Glory Days wrote:

tk421 wrote:

ts1227 wrote: What makes the 2010 Census different than any other one in US history, other than you just so have happened to despise the President and/or Congress when this one showed up in your mailbox?

The standards are quite rigid on how it is run and how the data is used, regardless of who is in power.

I find the amount of information the government already has about us alarming, I see no need to voluntarily give them more. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't trust our government with my grocery list, let alone private information about it's citizens.

what more information are you giving them in the census?

Ghmothwdwhso wrote:

Glory Days wrote:

tk421 wrote:

ts1227 wrote: What makes the 2010 Census different than any other one in US history, other than you just so have happened to despise the President and/or Congress when this one showed up in your mailbox?

The standards are quite rigid on how it is run and how the data is used, regardless of who is in power.

I find the amount of information the government already has about us alarming, I see no need to voluntarily give them more. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't trust our government with my grocery list, let alone private information about it's citizens.

what more information are you giving them in the census?

I believe that was his/her point. Then why give it again??????

BRF wrote: ^^^^This.

And, btw, that 1930 census is pretty interesting reading for geneology purposes.

tk421 wrote:

Glory Days wrote:

tk421 wrote:

ts1227 wrote: What makes the 2010 Census different than any other one in US history, other than you just so have happened to despise the President and/or Congress when this one showed up in your mailbox?

The standards are quite rigid on how it is run and how the data is used, regardless of who is in power.

I find the amount of information the government already has about us alarming, I see no need to voluntarily give them more. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't trust our government with my grocery list, let alone private information about it's citizens.

what more information are you giving them in the census?

Then why do we need it? If it's redundant, what's the point, besides government waste and counting illegal immigrants?

Ghmothwdwhso wrote:

tk421 wrote:

Glory Days wrote:

tk421 wrote:

ts1227 wrote: What makes the 2010 Census different than any other one in US history, other than you just so have happened to despise the President and/or Congress when this one showed up in your mailbox?

The standards are quite rigid on how it is run and how the data is used, regardless of who is in power.

I find the amount of information the government already has about us alarming, I see no need to voluntarily give them more. Call me crazy, but I wouldn't trust our government with my grocery list, let alone private information about it's citizens.

what more information are you giving them in the census?

Then why do we need it? If it's redundant, what's the point, besides government waste and counting illegal immigrants?

I don't think the illegals, nor criminals will attach their names to an address. So how accurate is this? Just asking.

Angel wrote: Catching up on my mail. opened, filled it out. Took 30 seconds. If I type my address into google, i'll find alot more information than what I just filled out on my census form.

ernest_t_bass wrote: What is the penalty for NOT filling out the census?

ernest_t_bass wrote: What is the penalty for NOT filling out the census?