U.S. congressman slams ‘Big Brother’ questions
Jerome R. Corsi
WorldNetDaily
3/16/2010
How many people live in your home? Are any of them Hispanic? Are the people who live in your home citizens? How big is your home? Do you have difficulty making decisions or climbing stairs? How much do you pay for your sewage system? Are you married? What’s your rent or mortgage payment? Do you own an automobile? Are you on food stamps? How much money do you make?
These are just a sample of the highly detailed and personal questions asked in the mandatory American Community Survey the U.S. Census Bureau will send to a sample of some 3 million U.S. households in addition to the 2010 Census.
Refusing to answer the questions or answering them incorrectly will subject citizens to hefty fines.
The U.S. Census website for the American Community Survey warns that under Title 13 of the U.S. Code, Section 221, anyone who refuses to answer the 11-page 48-question survey, or who answers the questions with false information, will be subject to a possible $5,000 fine.
As WND reported last year, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, introduced H.R. 3131 to make participation in the extended ACS survey voluntary.
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Census threat: $5,000 fines
U.S. congressman slams ‘Big Brother’ questions
Posted: March 16, 2010
9:09 pm Eastern
By Jerome R. Corsi
© 2010 WorldNetDaily
Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas
How many people live in your home? Are any of them Hispanic? Are the people who live in your home citizens? How big is your home? Do you have difficulty making decisions or climbing stairs? How much do you pay for your sewage system? Are you married? What’s your rent or mortgage payment? Do you own an automobile? Are you on food stamps? How much money do you make?
These are just a sample of the highly detailed and personal questions asked in the mandatory American Community Survey the U.S. Census Bureau will send to a sample of some 3 million U.S. households in addition to the 2010 Census.
Refusing to answer the questions or answering them incorrectly will subject citizens to hefty fines.
The U.S. Census website for the American Community Survey warns that under Title 13 of the U.S. Code, Section 221, anyone who refuses to answer the 11-page 48-question survey, or who answers the questions with false information, will be subject to a possible $5,000 fine.
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As WND reported last year, Rep. Ted Poe, R-Texas, introduced H.R. 3131 to make participation in the extended ACS survey voluntary.
In an e-mail to WND, Poe repeated his charge that the American Community Survey amounts to an Obama administration attempt to create a “government dossier on American citizens.”
Unable to move the resolution through a Democratic Party-controlled House of Representatives, Poe continues to argue that the law should be changed to make the American Community Survey voluntary.
“The federal government has a constitutional duty to count the number of people in the United States every 10 years,” Poe told WND. “But the federal government has no business keeping a comprehensive personal profile on every American citizen.
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