Census 2010: An American Pursuit, With Flaws

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It's a shame that many people were misled on the mission and importance of the census to all the citizens of our country with their uninformed notions of what the census is all about and turned it into a lame, pointless, empty protest against the Obama presidency when in reality it was a slap in the face to every American citizen including yourself. The other thing is this misguided crusade made the costs higher by not filling out the forms and having enumerators have to go out and count them in person at much higher costs per person counted. So keep yourself ill informed by allowing paid liars to influence you about what things mean instead of informing yourself and finding out what government by the people, of the people and for the people is truly all about. So thanks for your wasting tax dollars and screwing up the counts that determine where our tax dollars go and even causing higher local property taxes to make up for the federal dollars that don't come back to our districts because of uncounted people who still use services that would otherwise be paid for with federal tax dollars that won't be coming back to those undercounted districts (thanks for watering down our congressional representation too by watering down our votes in undercounted districts resulting in less representation per person in undercounted districts). Don't break your arms when you try to pat yourselves on the back in continued ignorance and false bravado that you've somehow struck a blow for the GOP elite who wouldn't share a meal with you, want you to live anywhere near their homes or schools, socialize with them or actually care about you or your family's welfare. Beyond your voting for the candidates they put forth, helping them demonize and defeat their opponents and supporting the policies they propose to ultimately enrich themselves they couldn't care less about you, your family or your struggles for a better life for the people you care most about or the communities where you live.

Bob of PA 11:30AM September 07, 2010

The only information that the census is required to obtain is the number of people living in the house. The other information is used to gerrymander districts and to assist in the redistribution of wealth based upon race. When will any and all forms of racism cease to exist?

AH of CA 5:43PM July 26, 2010

I'm a Census Enumerator in Anchorage, Alaska. I am currently on the Vacant Delete Check operation. I'm sorry Dave, I don't buy it. This is my 'personal' opinion. Most people leave far more information about themselves online than they give to a Census worker. The personal information obtained (name, birth date, etc) isn't shared with any other agencies in the government. I even have a paper I am supposed to hand law enforcement should they want me to give them information about a household I have enumerated. You think the whole government is against you, but I guess you have lost sight of the wonderful things that our government has given us. Freedom, a Democratic society, the ability to live our own lives. I'm sorry for you.

Travis Seals of AK 8:45AM July 14, 2010

No mention how obama tried to take over census. Did you forget or too young to remember. As obama wanted Acorn involved in obamacare, so he did in census.
"The Census Bureau dumped ACORN as a “national partner” in the 2010 head count last fall after James O’Keefe and Hannah Giles’s undercover videos spotlighting ACORN’s rampant corruption debuted here on Big Government."
"That’s why Americans were outraged last year when they learned the Obama administration bent over backwards to give ACORN a major role as a “national partner” in the 2010 Census."
http://biggovernment.com/mvadum/2010/06/01/flashback-census-bureau-dumped-unreliable-acorn-after-videos-exposed-corruption/

Bill Hedges of MO 3:22AM July 14, 2010

.... maybe the Constitution is flawed to some too, but its the best thing anyone has ever offered yet. The census is essential to maintain a proportional democracy. What's the problem unless you don't want things proportional.
It isn't clear what flaws the scribbler of this post has with the census. Of course, heckling the census without any substance is usually meant to stir up the flakes who don't like the census, apparently many of the same don't like the Constitution either.

Lou of KS 7:12PM July 13, 2010

Stiehm, do you really think "we the people" are that ignorant? Politians resort to gerrymandering and has little, if anything, to do with the "official census". Why does the government feel it needs to know my occupation, my level of education, income, number of children, etc? So it can hike taxes on a specific demographic? So it can socially engineer and unfairly subsidize educational opportunities for minorities and thus make it (unfairly) possible to compete with those who had to scrap and earn it? So it can depress wages within targeted industry and impoverish that industries labor force through government regulation and oversite to create a culture of dependency on big brother/federal government?

david of ID 6:12PM July 13, 2010