They've been harassing me to complete the American Community Survey. Even had a guy show up at my door. I went online to get it done and the questions they ask ARE NONE OF THEIR FUCKING BUSINESS.

How many faucets are in my house? What's my income? How many hours do I work? How much do I pay for _______?

I went back and deleted all my answers. Fuck them and their bullshit survey.

Shoulda ate him.

I fill out the number of people living here and their race and nothing more.

I don't answer the phone if caller ID isn't someone I know and I don't answer the door if it isn't someone I know or one of the delivery services.

They eventually get tired of it all and go away.

I've never answered. I don't want to give California a bigger voice than it already has at least as far as I'm concerned.

There is a Japanese Proverb that states the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.

Answer a few questions and turn it in. Problem solved.

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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:
There is a Japanese Proverb that states the nail that sticks up gets hammered down.

Answer a few questions and turn it in. Problem solved.

When the only tool one has in ones box or education etc etc etc, is a hammer.... Every problem meet is a nail to be bludgeoned.
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They've been harassing me to complete the American Community Survey.

I keep hearing about this, but I can't recall ever receiving one. Is it actually from the Census Bureau?

I filled out the legitimate 2020 Census online. A census taker did come to my door, but only to ask if the apartment adjacent to mine was occupied or not. (I didn't know.)

I have better things to do, but I'm not doing them right now, so I looked this up on the Census Bureau website, and it really is a "thing." https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs I still don't recall getting one. It's possible that I did and thought it was the "regular" census. It was definitely not this one.

I will never answer any question on race on a gov't. form other than a 4473.

FWIW, I used to work for a place the US Census Bureau used to get their news releases out. Talk about an agency looking to justify and increase their budget every day of the offseason. They put out news releases about favorite ice cream flavors on Indian reservations. Not joking. Your tax dollars at work. Eff those idiots.

I've recently gotten into family research and my grandaughter has gotten really hooked.

We both find the old census stuff very interesting. Census data is sealed for like 70 years... 70 years from now your great grand child will be trying to do a report for history class. I'm sure your great grand child will interested in how many faucets you have and will be disappointed if they can't find you listed. LOL

Don't let their classmates make fun of your great grand child because you dropped out of sight. Answer the dumb questions. LOL


Joking aside, while I hate giving data to the government, I think the census drives the number of congressional districts (so if you're in a liberal state don't respond) and the American Community Survey drives where funds will be allocated. I'd rather funds come to my community than be shipped off to a liberal state.

I don't think anyone has a problem with the US Census Bureau fulfilling their Constitutional mandate. Asking race, national origin, indoor plumbing and all kinds of other BS just makes it easier for the gov't. to discriminate on those bases. You've heard all about banks discriminating on mortgage lending based on race. Well, if the HUD 1003 form didn't ask an applicant's race AND require the loan officer to guess if it's left blank, then banks wouldn't be able to discriminate, even if they wanted to. These BS questions just help the state classify people into groups, so it's easier help one and hurt the other.

I have decided to hence forth self-identify as a Black teen.

However, in light of new laws in California, I've decided to go to their casinos and self-identify as a winner and demand they direct deposit my winnings.

I was employed with the US Census Bureau for a year as a recruiting assistant.

I had fun and I met a lot of great people both employees and applicants.

With that being said, besides this job I just took here at Camp Atterbury IN, I have never seen an agency waste so much money.

The problem is that it is not the US Census Bureau, it is another chain above them that is directing them to get the information.

If I am not mistaken the US Census Bureau falls under the Dept of Commerce and they are the ones pulling all the strings.

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Where does the US Census get their balls?

Probably the same place that every other bloated, mismanaged, money wasting, government entity gets theirs.