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Post by el Gusano on Mar 11, 2010 9:04:09 GMT -5
Dobre din. I have lots of Russians living around here. Does that count?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2010 16:26:52 GMT -5
(from an e-mail) "TAKE 10: An interactive map is available to track the percentage of returned census questionnaires in your state, county, city or tract. Check out your community’s mail-back participation rate at 2010.census.gov/2010census/take10map/. Currently, participation rates from Census 2000 are displayed on the map, but beginning March 22, percentage rates from 2010 data will be updated daily." |
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Post by rstewart on Mar 12, 2010 6:54:09 GMT -5
Indoor toilet? What's that? I dunno, you will have to ask the genius that came up with this survey. There were many, many questions I found to be odd. They really did want to know if there was indoor plumbing and how much the electric bill was last month. I fail to see how any of these questions pertain to counting the number of people living in the USA. |
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Post by el Gusano on Mar 12, 2010 13:07:08 GMT -5
Legally, you're required to respond, but the only answer you're legally required to answer is "how many people live here". The rest is none of their business. And, I discovered from a friend who is a census worker, they stand at your front door, push a button, and your residence is now a GPS coordinate in case they need that for some reason.
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Post by mikeydokey on Mar 13, 2010 10:01:16 GMT -5
They need a GPS coordinate when they go to launch the missiles.
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Post by Tsavodiner on Mar 13, 2010 19:12:20 GMT -5
What is the definition of "live"?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 13, 2010 19:49:04 GMT -5
> What is the definition of "live"?
I have it on good(?) authority that it depends on what your definition of "is" is.
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Post by mikeydokey on Mar 14, 2010 1:50:33 GMT -5
What is the definition of "live"? Whare u stay at and who u stay wit |
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Post by ScarlettP on Mar 14, 2010 7:51:04 GMT -5
Dobre din. I have lots of Russians living around here. Does that count? (sorry so slow - haven't been over here much lately) My net friend Ethric (Kjetil) lives in Norway. He took a government desk job right out of college (University). It was so far north that he gets paid a bonus for going up there. The Norweign's are trying to keep the Russians from 'annexing' that part of their country. The only way to keep the Russians OUT is to pay people to occupy the area. |
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Post by gridbug on Mar 15, 2010 11:26:56 GMT -5
Every ad I see and last week's letter just tell me they are wasting more and more money. Every wasteful ad makes me care less about answering their damn census. Just shut up and DO the bloody thing.
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Post by el Gusano on Mar 15, 2010 11:34:36 GMT -5
You're required by law to tell them how many people live in your household. Nothing more.
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Post by gridbug on Mar 15, 2010 11:45:35 GMT -5
Since the government lies to me, can I be a 57 year old single hispanic woman with 13 children?
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Post by Police Moderator on Mar 15, 2010 16:26:59 GMT -5
You aren't?
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Post by gridbug on Mar 15, 2010 17:58:57 GMT -5
Would you please cite your source? According to the Census site there is a $100 fine for not answering some or all of the questions and a $500 fine for answering falsely.
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Post by el Gusano on Mar 15, 2010 19:45:58 GMT -5
The US Constitution. It requires a census to be conducted every 10 years, but only for enumeration to determine apportionment of congressional representation and direct taxes to the states.
Besides, as someone else jokingly stated, you have the right to remain silent when questioned by the government.
Here's Walter Williams talking about the bastardization of the census.
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Post by Police Moderator on Mar 15, 2010 19:52:09 GMT -5
I am just gonna answer them all, "No".
Anybody know any good census lawyers?
Flores doesn't count, unless he is working part time for the US Census Bureau.
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Post by gridbug on Mar 16, 2010 6:48:48 GMT -5
As much as you might like it to be, the Constitution is not the Law. The government is more likely to use it when running short on TP than they are to take it as law.
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Post by el Gusano on Mar 16, 2010 10:09:51 GMT -5
The Constitution is the Law. Just because someone usurps the law, doesn't change the law. You might suffer consequences for obeying the law when facing down the usurpers, however, but the Constitution is still THE law for this land, and more people need to stand up and obey it, as many states are with the guns and have declared they will do with the ObamaCare.
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Post by Conservator on Mar 16, 2010 10:39:58 GMT -5
Would you please cite your source? According to the Census site there is a $100 fine for not answering some or all of the questions and a $500 fine for answering falsely. AHH HA!!! That's how Obama is planning on paying off some of the debt he's incurred...  brilliant. |
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Post by gridbug on Mar 16, 2010 11:15:12 GMT -5
You are right Conservator! And the Liberal Conspiracy is so entrenched that Obama was charging fines for not cooperating all the way back to the first census in 1790!
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Post by el Gusano on Mar 16, 2010 11:45:22 GMT -5
They only charged fines if you violated Constitutional law.
Making up stuff as you go along is a bit more modern.
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Post by rstewart on Mar 16, 2010 12:11:44 GMT -5
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Post by el Gusano on Mar 17, 2010 2:18:51 GMT -5
This is what the US Constitution requires:
Also, only the Secretary of Commerce (legislative branch) is authorized to conduct the census, and the executive branch is to keep their grubby paws off of it.
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Post by gridbug on Mar 17, 2010 6:43:29 GMT -5
In 1790 "making up stuff as you go" WAS Constitutional Law.
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Post by goomba on Mar 17, 2010 10:02:36 GMT -5
got my census in the mail yesterday.
all they wanted to know was how many, how old, & what race each person was who is living in my house.... wow, such a conspiricy! seriously. they didnt even list martian as a race?!?
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Post by el Gusano on Mar 17, 2010 10:32:34 GMT -5
What difference does it make what race the people are in your home?
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Post by gridbug on Mar 17, 2010 11:01:02 GMT -5
got my census in the mail yesterday. all they wanted to know was how many, how old, & what race each person was who is living in my house.... wow, such a conspiricy! seriously. they didnt even list martian as a race?!? Yep, just a headcount. Except the phone number. I'm not answering that one. |
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Post by printemps on Mar 17, 2010 11:11:31 GMT -5
Tracking the Asian hordes migrating into Hamilton County boosts investor confidence in Thai food chains planting their flag in the Deep South.
Somehwat more realistically, white flight from old urban cores is a political football.
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Post by HonorH957 on Mar 17, 2010 11:46:13 GMT -5
Got mine yesterday and it took all of 3 minutes to complete it. I have a friend who works for the Census and she's getting all sorts of hassles right now.
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Post by JC on Mar 17, 2010 12:33:27 GMT -5
What difference does it make what race the people are in your home? Is it really that big of a deal? I mean really! |
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