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Originally Posted by Becca44
Thanks Kitty, but I wasn't referring to the 'there's gotta be another way' kinds of comments (because about that I agree  ). I just don't understand why average folks don't want to answer the questions (I can understand why someone here illegally might mistrust it but that's another story).
One good thing though - and maybe this will set some fears aside - every household is getting the 'short form' this year. I think there are only 7 questions we need to answer about everyone living in the household ...it's pretty straightforward. The long questionaire isn't part of the census any more (at least not for 2010); it's sent out in a separate survey that happens annually to a few million homes... |
Just so you know, i'm here legally.
My prob is this - why do they want to know?
How many people are here? Okay, I'll tell them that. They do not need any further info. That's just MHO.
Why do they care if I'm under 30 or over 50? Or how much we make? Or what race we are? None of their bee's wax, I say.
There's a website where you can check all the stats of any town - pie charts and all. Everything you want to know about the town and the people who live there. Real interesting. Level of education, ratio of men to women, break down of age groups and income levels, how many own vs rent their homes, etc.
Pretty neat if you're thinking of moving TO someplace, but a little creepy knowing your own town is disected that way.
I'm sorry I don't care to be a statistic.
People got all freaked because you can see your house via satelite on the internet. Well, this is the same kind of invasion to me.
Again, why do they want to know? They are not just using this info so they can give money at equal amounts. For one thing, you know they base what they say where on this kind of info. They know certain ideas, words and phrases play better with some crowds than others - and that helps candidates win.