What is your home worth? The feds want to know.

[boomerang]

How many bedrooms does it have?
Does it have running water and flush toilets?
How many hispanics live in your household and what variety of hispanic are they?
What did you pay for heat last month?
What did you pay for electricity last month?
What are your property taxes?
How much is your mortgage payment?
Do you receive SNAP benefits?
What is the cost of your insurance?
How do you get to work?
How much do you make?
Do you receive VA benefits?
Where do you work?
What time do you leave for work?

Yes, we got the special census. Randomly picked.
Big brother is watching.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Wut?

As in government sent you in a poll? Got a google quick image of what this looks like and what the purpose is for?

 

[boomerang]

Not a poll, it a census form that is umpteen pages long and it's estimated to take 40 minutes to fill out.

Edit: It's The American Community Survey. It's from the PolitCensus Bureau.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

Not a poll, it a census form that is umpteen pages long and it's estimated to take 40 minutes to fill out.

From who? State Government I assume since it's asking about VA benefits? Meh, all they needed to do was add "... and be entered into a GRAND PRIZE DRAWING!" and they would get shitloads

Of course, the only people that would fill shit like that out - are only the people pathetic enough to have time to fill that shit out.

 

[boomerang]

From our good friends the feds.

 

[Slew Foot]

dont they only do that every ten years? id fill it out with a bunch of BS for the lulz.

 

[nickbits]

VA=veterans not Virginia lol

 

[boomerang]

dont they only do that every ten years? id fill it out with a bunch of BS for the lulz.

This is a special one. If it was the once a decade version you'd all have one.

They're not going to get correct answers to a lot of their questions.

 

[alzan]

Looks like they're questions that used to be on the long form only gathered more often.

Here's the Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Community_Survey

 

[Thump553]

They have been doing this type of special census for decades and because you got one all of a sudden big brother is coming? Get a grip on reality. I got the exact same census form back in Ronnie Reagan's presidency-should I have blamed it on him?

BTW it will only take 40 minutes if you are incredibly slow at doing this sort of form.

 

[NoStateofMind]

This is a special one. If it was the once a decade version you'd all have one.

They're not going to get correct answers to a lot of their questions.

It really doesn't matter what your answers are. It will be used for its benefit and not yours.

 

[Theb]

This is a special one. If it was the once a decade version you'd all have one.

They're not going to get correct answers to a lot of their questions.

That'll show'em. Stick it to the man.

 

[Greenman]

They have been doing this type of special census for decades and because you got one all of a sudden big brother is coming? Get a grip on reality. I got the exact same census form back in Ronnie Reagan's presidency-should I have blamed it on him?

BTW it will only take 40 minutes if you are incredibly slow at doing this sort of form.

The point is, most of the information they ask for isn't any of their business.
I got one of those and didn't fill it out, they harassed me for days and sent an agent to camp out on my doorstep.

 

[monovillage]

They have been doing this type of special census for decades and because you got one all of a sudden big brother is coming? Get a grip on reality. I got the exact same census form back in Ronnie Reagan's presidency-should I have blamed it on him?

BTW it will only take 40 minutes if you are incredibly slow at doing this sort of form.

Do you support the Patriot Act? Just curious where you set your boundaries.

 

[DrPizza]

This is a special one. If it was the once a decade version you'd all have one.

They're not going to get correct answers to a lot of their questions.

I'm not positive, but I think it's a form of fraud if you knowingly provide false information on those forms.

 

[Thump553]

Do you support the Patriot Act? Just curious where you set your boundaries.

The census is provided for in the CONSTITUTION. Your reference to the Patriot Act is both spurious and nonsensical. Whether or not I support the Patriot Act has nothing to do with whether such a census is legally allowable, apples to oranges.

Sorry if I sound a bit peeved, it's just that I've reached my limit with whiny babies claiming every single contact they have with the government is some frightening new development and proof of some black helicopter type conspiracy.

 

[Charles Kozierok]

The census called for by the Constitution is a head count for purposes of representation apportionment. It has nothing to do with electric bills and flush toilets.

OP has every reason to be pissed off.

 

[Engineer]

The census called for by the Constitution is a head count for purposes of representation apportionment. It has nothing to do with electric bills and flush toilets.

OP has every reason to be pissed off.

This too shall pass.

 

[Jhhnn]

They have been doing this type of special census for decades and because you got one all of a sudden big brother is coming? Get a grip on reality. I got the exact same census form back in Ronnie Reagan's presidency-should I have blamed it on him?

BTW it will only take 40 minutes if you are incredibly slow at doing this sort of form.

The census is provided for in the CONSTITUTION. Your reference to the Patriot Act is both spurious and nonsensical. Whether or not I support the Patriot Act has nothing to do with whether such a census is legally allowable, apples to oranges.

Sorry if I sound a bit peeved, it's just that I've reached my limit with whiny babies claiming every single contact they have with the government is some frightening new development and proof of some black helicopter type conspiracy.

This. Paranoid twits will always be paranoid twits, particularly those who hate de gubmint, even when they receive a lot of Gubmint help they don't even realize. They'll just dive for the bunker o' denial.

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/about_the_survey/we_protect_your_privacy/

http://www.census.gov/acs/www/

.12 seconds of teh Google...

Big Brother! Big Brother! Aieeee! No! Nooooo!

Maroons.

 

[Charles Kozierok]

This. Paranoid twits will always be paranoid twits, particularly those who hate de gubmint, even when they receive a lot of Gubmint help they don't even realize. They'll just dive for the bunker o' denial.

What are you going on about?

Quote the text from the Constitution that gives the government the right to interrogate people about their mortgage payments or whether or not they are hispanic?

 

[boomerang]

I'm not positive, but I think it's a form of fraud if you knowingly provide false information on those forms.

You would be correct.

 

[boomerang]

This. Paranoid twits will always be paranoid twits, particularly those who hate de gubmint, even when they receive a lot of Gubmint help they don't even realize. They'll just dive for the bunker o' denial.

Do a copy and paste and answer all the questions in my first post and I can come up with more for you afterwards that are more specific. We'll drill down and find out as much as we can about you and I promise you I will ask nothing more than the government wants to know from me.

Any personal information must be given for each member of your household.

I'll let you skip your real name if you wish but please provide your birthdate.

Get started.

 

[boomerang]

Person 1, Question 18

a. Because of a physical, mental or emotional condition, does this person have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions? Answer yes or no.

b. Does this person have serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs? Answer yes or no.

c. Does this person have difficult dressing or bathing? Answer yes or no.

These questions are concerning yourself Jhhnn and you must answer them for every member of your household. There are many, many more that get more personal.

48 questions total for each person and many of the questions have multiple choices that lead you to different questions.

Answer these and I'll have more.

 

[boomerang]

I got the exact same census form back in Ronnie Reagan's presidency-should I have blamed it on him?

You could have if you wished. If you think I've blamed this on Obama, you need to work on your reading comprehension.

 

[Brainonska511]

The Census has been collecting data on things other than 'how many live in your household' since it's founding. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Census#History

But beware of the black helicopters coming for you.