Comments on: A Civil Disobedience Idea

By: Me,myself,I

Me,myself,I — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:21:36 +0000

Sorry for the grammar errors I was typing fast and excitedly.

By: Me,myself,I

Me,myself,I — Mon, 18 May 2009 22:20:16 +0000

The problem with Census dissenters is that you need to call the regional office in Seattle 1.800.233.3308 and ask for the assistant director and tell her why you object. The Census employees who have been working for years as part time intermittent employees with no benefits and are at risk of losing their jobs. For the Census you have to have a certain percentage of successful interviews or you get fired. This is becoming increasingly more difficult lately.

Instead of letting someone lose the job they have worked for years (every month year around not just in decennial years) and maybe lose their homes and their lives because now they have a bad job reference (this employee could not successfully complete the requirements of the job), consider making the govt responsibility for the mistrust and disillusionment they have caused.

Also if you are objecting even partially based on the cost of the Census it’s even more important you call and let them know so they can do something to change things before the money is wasted.

The Federal Govt and Census Bureau in particular are so far removed from reality that they blame the Field Rep–you aren’t speaking correctly to people, you must be dressing incorrectly, doing the job incorrectly, etc.

If you really disagree and want something to change don’t do it the cowardly silent way. Call the darn Census Bureau, speak to the assistant director and your Congressman’s office and give them specific reasons why you will be dissenting.

By: Polyphemos

Polyphemos — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:15:07 +0000

Here’s a thought. Add one person to your household. If you are Oriental, European, Semitic, Slavic, Hindi, legal Latino, or Lap, add one person to your household. Government has no way to check on the scale necessary to make a difference. It will burgeon the rolls in favor of hard-working, country-loving, religious-minded people. Let’s face it, A.C.O.R.N. is going to cheat, adding millions of non-existent relatives to the rolls of mush-minded people who are waiting to be rescued by government. Since your inflated number wasn’t used on your tax return, they can;t get you for tax fraud. Besides, if they catch you, just tell them as Sec. Clinton did – you “misspoke.”

By: Ralph Short

Ralph Short — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:40:37 +0000

I don’t think not answering the census is the issue. There are only 50% of the people who pay the federal income tax, roughly. In the next 4 years it will be less than 50% if the marxist party running the white house and congress have their way. It seems to me the only message that will get through to the lawyers in DC who rule (btw, they no longer govern) the country is to stop filing tax returns. What we need is leaders in congress and at the state and local level who will tell the truth about a system that punishes the worker and is pandering to the slacker.

By: Census Skeptic

Census Skeptic — Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:15:47 +0000

The last time I filled out a cencus form (probably in the 90′s), I filled out the number of people living at the location, included a copy of the Public Servant Questionaire and informed them if they wanted more information they would have to fill out my questionaire before I would answer any other questions. I never heard from them.

By: Mark L Harvey (aka Snooper)

Mark L Harvey (aka Snooper) — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 10:39:34 +0000

I haven’t complied with a Census in years. I ALWAYS throw it out.

By: The Whited Sepulchre

The Whited Sepulchre — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 23:39:02 +0000

May I suggest a modification to your proposal?
There are now four kinds of citizens in the U.S. 1) There are small government types living in big government states. These would be the libertarians in Massachusetts. 2) There are big government types living in small government states. These would be the Socialists of Idaho. 3) Small government types in small government states. Let’s call these the libertarians of Wyoming. And last, we have… 4) Big government types in Big Government states. Barack Obama supporters in Illinois.

Anyone in category 3 should do everthing possible to be counted. These people need to ensure that they have representation.

People in categories 2 and 4 are going to ignore your proposal anyway. Government is Mother’s Milk to them, and they’re going to do everything in their power to increase their voice in government.

Only those in category 1, the small government types in big government states (which are losing population, BTW) should toss their census forms if the end goal is a smaller, less intrusive government.

By: MaggieW

MaggieW — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:38:37 +0000

I worked for the Census in 2000.
A goodly portion of the census left for people to fill out were not done.
You do not have to give a census taker any personal information.
Quite a few of them were run off of private property with some
armed encouragement.
If the regulations have changed I would willingly pay a fine.

By: happyjuggler0

happyjuggler0 — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:48:02 +0000

Warren,

There needs to be a way to apportion US House seats every ten years like the Constitution says. If they can’t do that properly because citizens who believe in small government don’t fill out the census at all, then it is highly likely that big government states will be overrepresented in the House. Do you really want that?

I choose to fill out the number of people in my household and cross out the rest. However, this year (per the suggestion of one of your posters) I will also fill out race as other/unspecified, or some equivalent. It is high time we get government out of the business of demanding we look at each other through racial lenses.

I also simply close the door whenever “they” show up before they can ask or tell me anything. They eventually give up, presumably when the deadline for enumeration comes around and they must provide a total head count. I’ve never been fined, and I still get to vote.

By: karen

karen — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:30:50 +0000

Look up Agenda 21, this is the blueprint to continue towards socialism for the world, developed by the United Nations. Yes, the US government has implemented a plan to move the US in that direction. The census will only advance their cause to make everything “equal” in the world. The current administration is only accelerating us towards this objective.