I demanded who he was for the third time and he said us census. I suggest that people find a petition out there against this census survey. I was just contacted by a representative for the Census Bureau at my home and asked to answer his questions. Fiscal Year 2024 Letter to OMB Director Shalanda Young encouraging the Administration to prioritize funding for the U.S. Census Bureau and 2030 Census in its FY 2024 Reporting instructions: If a person of the same sex comes to your door, act like you're interested in them and start touching their hair. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $675 billion in federal and state funds are dis Continue Reading MA Pennell To posters 190 and 191: Thank you for your input and advice. They bring in all additional people running up monies needed for schools, social programs. How many, each age, and each sex. You can search the internet and find many references to threats of a fine, but you won't find anyone who has ever been fined. Housing 16. [18] Furthermore, the questionnaire also demands that recipients provide information about their family and other people in their home, such as their educational levels, how many years of school were completed,[19] what languages they speak[20] and when they last worked at a job.[21]. And the survey demands that you violate the privacy of others by supplying the names and addresses of your friends, relatives and employer. What kind of people do you have working for you? This is due to lack of security for any personal information you provide. Q: How does the Census Bureau typically ensure that people complete the survey? I emailed my Congressman (John Larson, CT) twice, over a month ago, but he (and/or his staff) has failed to reply by e-mail or phone. (Don't worry there are no cops or former cops that are census workers. It sure the hell is. He claims we need to answer the long form the ACS, etc. Ridiculous. I have contacted all of my federal and state Representatives and it is time they passed a census privacy act. I, too, have been harassed by the Census Bureau. Something is wrong in this country when the hard working middle class is getting stomped out from top to bottom. Just sit there and think a minute on what we have in this country and you should feel very ashamed for getting so upset about such petty things. I am standing firm this time. The House GOP proposal would eliminate any increase in funds for 2020 planning, and it cuts nearly $500 million in total from the administration's request, including reductions for the American. I'm sick of this. Seemed like they try to collect more info than they need but will give in if you call them on their crime. That and the census has been used in the past to identify people of Japanese, German, and Italian descent. I had never heard of such a thing. We refused to give information on the cell phone several times. He asked if I would consent to a phone survey and I could decline from answering any questions I thought were too personal or intrusive. But remember some of these folks have children to feed, too. If the enumerators cannot get this info from the Social Security Administration or the local state tax boards then there must be a reason why not! If you got grilled before then they are trying to find out the change in your situation over time. I say "sorry sir no one here is available and you need to leave." Opponents of the American Community Survey disagree with the court's findings about its constitutionality. Its as if this part of the government wants to create dirt on someone if they can find it! [34] http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/will-kinder-gentler-census-survey-placate-congressional-foes. I know that some of you were harassed by the census folks. The survey is clearly an invasion of privacy, and any attempts of the ACS to pursue a fine for failure to submit the survey should be challenged in a court of law on unconstitutional and invasion of privacy grounds. The census guy showed up here. I don't get mad about much but privacy is basic American. They have all the information they need from the IRS. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. They have to get past the doorman first. It's hard to believe that a patriotic, high school social studies teacher, and law-abiding citizen, such as myself, could be compelled to suggest such civil disobedience--but here I am, and hear me loud. He gave his name and the number of people living here and refused to answer anything else. If you believe you are being unduly harassed by a Census Bureau employee, either by telephone or in person, it is in your best interestto carefully document the time, place and manner of the incidents and file a complaint with the U.S. Census Bureau. Suggestions include "With whom did you last have a sexual encounter and when and where did this take place? The latest thing they are doing is having the postal carrier come to my door and have me sign a delivery confirmation. And everyone should have to fill out the same thing-how come I get the long form every time? A 72 year old lady showed up at my door yesterday (I being a 65 year old great grandmother), and told me I did not fill my form out properly and it got "kicked out". I am a law abiding American citizen, tax payer (working 2 jobs) and a registered voter, not a criminal or bum or illegal immigrant living off the tax payers. they have called me several times and asked what I did with it. Soundbar sold separately. I'm too old and sick. I hope my great-grandkids appreciate it, too. Good grief! The daily number of cyber attacks on our federal government and access by illicit state and non-state actors is eye watering. My husband and daughter fielded a few of them and honestly told the workers they didn't have the information or the form so they'd have to try to catch me. How about the number of cars that are normally in your driveway if everyone is home? We are all empowered, so we need to get together to sue! This was mailed to me approximately three months ago. But I hit the brakes big time when they ask for your birthdate, among other garbage of race, sex, etc. The public also plays a role in the erosion of our judiciary. Census employees never ask for social security numbers or full financial disclosure. She then stated that she has not talked to the supervisor. Came back the very next day, and told my husband that he has full authority to open it and if we don't comply then we will be fined anywhere from $100-5000, and the marshal would be accompanying him tomorrow to arrest my husband if we don't comply. About one month later I received a phone call from a supervisor. Are we having a problem differentiating between the Census and the ACS? Don't engage them in conversation or reason with them. It is the premier source for detailed population and housing information about our nation. A March 2021 national survey from the Kaiser Family Foundation showed that of 1300 HCWs, 48% had not received the COVID-19 vaccine. It's supposed to be confidential. Filled out the short form minus birth dates. Fix this problem, fix that, insure this, promise that, but do it without any info, just throw a dart and hope for the best, then when it fails we'll have someone to blame it on, but it won't be our fault! Outraged in Maryland. The more I looked at it, the more I realized how unconstitutional and invasive it is. Quite honestly, you are not that important. A: If you receive notice that you have been targeted to respond to the ACS and you desire to assert your right of privacy, you can voice those objections and your intent not to respond to the ACS by writing a letter to the Census Bureau. You have no idea. After reading many of the earlier posts, I feel I am doing the right thing by not returning the survey. In 1960, the gap was . Waiting for the calls, then the visits. The founders feared the use of direct taxes so they created a system to discourage their use. I filled out my form, sent it in and a few weeks later another one came. That seems to be the end of it, but only time will tell. When neighbors gave them basic information, apparently the census taker then discussed the fact that they'd looked into tax records for "the residents of our home". And it is supposed to be maintained private otherwise the census worker can go to prison or be fined or both. Anyone else with other info/advice is politely requested to add their two cents. So be it. The states need to reassert their rights back from the federal government. And so is mine. You don't want your personal information in some library, online or in an archives someday do you? Waiting for their next move. Using new satellite data analysis techniques, researchers found that, since 2000, summer wildfires have expanded in boreal forests, which wrap around the northernmost parts of the Earth. Just weeks before a COVID-19 vaccine is expected to be made available to U.S. medical workers and first responders, a firefighters' union internal survey taken by members of the country's largest . Whose damn business is it if I own my house and whether I have a mortgage? March 01, 2023 Severe maternal morbidity (SMM) is defined as unexpected outcomes of labor and delivery that result in significant short- or long-term consequences to a person's health, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The second visit, I handed him a sealed census envelope, and he came back and left a note that the computer kicked it out. Don't fill out anything if you don't want the public to know some of your private information. Wow! Calendar | City of Harrisonburg, VA Employees will be invited to complete a feedback form at the end of a strategic planning session . Since then, I have received four phone calls from the US Census Bureau. The American Community Survey: Is it legit & do you have to answer? For years I've been very concerned about the direction that our country has been taking. Since then, they have called three or four times and stopped by multiple times. I first starting receiving these things by mail like 4 years ago. If they aren't paying my bills they don't have a need to know how much they are. They are instilling fear. The $5,000.00 fines referenced in section 3571 are post conviction fines that only apply to an individual who has been charged and convicted of a crime defined in section 3559. We will be contacting our U.S. senators, including one who is is in a very tight re-election campaign. Discussions on this page are currently closed. The Census Bureau insists that personal information contained in these devices was protected by passwords and other security measures. ENUMERATION NATION: Refusing The American Community Survey I guess we'll just wait and see. But in this day and age, do you really believe by not taking the census that your personal information is more thoroughly protected? There are two adults and two children living at this residence. I am becoming more and more ashamed I fought for this newly founded socialist government. The harassment is ridiculous. The visits stopped, and I never heard from them again. Individuals who receive the ACS must complete it or be subject to monetary penalties. or is any mention of if just more scare tactics to make us submit to this invasion of our lives? Ridiculous. He has trouble with all these things. Other than that, the sky is the limit. Filled out the short form months ago. Sad, but I simply do not trust the government anymore. And my financial business is my business, provided I pay my bills and taxes which I do. of Commerce rep, and called on my cell phone. He didn't know what to think about that (needed to check the law), and took no action. Can you get in trouble for not filling out your Census form? In the current study . It is so obvious that the same person keeps responding over and over here. I have yet to fill one out. Funny, we are required to get social security numbers at birth, but the social security administration will not protect that number. We are still Americans and do not need to share personal information against our will. Don't know if it's the "bureau" calling or not, but I'm ready for them. Point and go toward your kind of happy. Unfortunately it does not state that the number of people is the only thing allowed to be collected by the census. This all happened while I was watching from my porch. Life lived in paranoia and bitterness is not worth living. [27] Andrew Reamer, To Take a Bite Out of Crime: Safeguard the Census, https://www.brookings.edu/opinions/to-take-a-bite-out-of-crime-safeguard-the-census/. They are not! I said if this "government guy" wanted to talk to me, I would immediately reserve my right to remain silent until I was represented by counsel. I do not want to tell anyone personal info, much less someone who lives next door to me! I have a meeting with my congressional representative this morning to let him know that I am not returning this form, and to hand him personally the form that I was sent. Instead of hiring mindless sheep to bother busy, honest, hard working people, the government can hire people to scour the internet for this "readily available information". The bad thing is, this is information that is collected by the government. The state police will show up and *escort* them off your property. At what location did this person work last week? Some hypothesize that the Census Bureau will not take legal action against, or pursue fines for, noncompliance with the ACS because doing so would likely attract much negative media attention. I will not answer the questions on the American Community Survey and we all have the right and the duty to stand up against this intrusion. I don't want abuse from anyone, least of all from those who were once subject to the people and who now act as if they are the elite. You will need the 10-digit user ID included in the mailing your household received. The survey also asks how many bedrooms and bathrooms you have in your house, along with the fuel used to heat your home, the cost of electricity, what type of mortgage you have and monthly mortgage payments, property taxes and so on. He claimed he'd be back. then maybe somebody will get the hint that we don't want our lives invaded. She said she would mark me as "refusing" and I said fine and hung up. American Community Survey Welcome! Government entities do illegal things. Without the enjoyment of this right, all others would lose half their value. [The bracketed words added for clarification], Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, 154 U.S. 447, 479 (May 26, 1894). The information that they collect will be used against us in our most crucial moments. He presented me with an ACS envelope and said a "government guy" had come to school and was having random students fill them out. Then you want to threaten with fines? But it hasn't ever needed to be collected by a government agency that is supposed to serve WE, the people and then threatens us with fines, treating good citizens like criminals (I thought counting people was like one, two, three, four,?). There is absolutely no possibility they can guarantee this information will not be disseminated to others or exposed to malevolent wrongdoers. He said he'd pass that along. Too many are dependent on the government already. American Community Survey: https://www.census.gov/acs Chicago Regional Office 1 (630) 288-9200 or 1-800-865-6384 Chicago.Regional.Office@census.gov Heartland Institute: www.heartland.org The. I let her know that I understood their game and wasn't going to play, and she said she would record me as a refusal. She offered me her badge and supervisors number. OK then, so why waste my time asking questions? Constitution of the United States of America. I threw them off my property. [9] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/Citizenship.pdf. a race is a competition with winners and losers being monitored by individuals who are not in the running. I told them I was not responding, and as I shut the door and walked away she stood on the porch and rang the bell, and since then it's all gone down hill. About one week later, I was ready to mail in my form. 241, 250, of all the rights of the citizen, few are of greater importance or more essential to his peace and happiness than the right of personal security, and that involves, not merely protection of his person from assault, but exemption of his private affairs, books, and papers from inspection and scrutiny of others. SEC-502-RS-Dispositions Self-Assessment Survey T3 (1) Techniques DE Separation ET Analyse EN Biochimi 1; C799 Task 2 - Task 2 paper; . Let this letter be the third request that you respect my privacy and my requests. I never will. Think anyone is going to get approval to send out US Marshals to issue tickets? I said I did not need any help. Then I received the long form, ignored it and received another long form which I also ignored. Those . Its purpose is to keep people informed of what is going on in their local, state, or federal governments. Haven't heard from the ACS people, "government man", or my dorm supervisor since then. An official website of the United States government . Look up the original data at Pew Research. I don't even tell my grown kids this much information. thanks for answering back with any helpful info. Last night I found an envelope on my door from a census taker. Just slam the phone or door on them. In three weeks they should mail me a duplicate form. This is Government out of control. I was mailed two ACS forms which I promptly threw in the trash because of the personal nature of the questions. Moreover, since there are no reported instances of the Census Bureau taking legal or financial action, some speculate that the Census Bureau's threats carry no weight. During such calls the survey taker reminds the resident that compliance with the ACS is mandatory. After four or five visits with three notices taped to the door over two weeks, they seem to have given up. This is way too intrusive. They're people just like you are, Americans just like you are. I also, as many of you, returned my census form (as I should and as the Constitution requires) but this has gone so far over the line that it's ridiculous. Washington and California residents have filed a proposed class action in which they object to being asked to participate in theAmerican Community Survey, which enquires about certain demographic details more specific than those central to the decennial Census. Sign up for ClassAction.orgs free weekly newsletterhere. The 10-digit code appears above the address and to the right. In an age when the government has significant technological resources at its disposal to not only carry out warrantless surveillance on American citizens but also to harvest and mine that data for its own dubious purposes, whether it be crime-mapping or profiling based on race or religion, the potential for abuse is grave. They are not going to like the possibility that they might end up on YouTube and be linked to all the sites discussing the ACS. At least they are working instead of collecting welfare checks. 1,1 descussion - homework - Currently, Oscar is a 7-year-old boy with Well its going to get colder before I give them the info. This is ridiculous. On the first occasion, the guy produced a badge and said he would like to come in and talk to me. 10 minutes ago I felt apprehensive. Skip to main content. I have the kind of front door that has a small window near the top and if people stand on their toes they can peek into my living room. I live in the ghetto already. This government is OUT OF CONTROL! Originally, I sent in the census form for the property stating zero occupants, then was called by a Census worker. This is a bunch of crap. If it was a problem, she then had my phone number; it wasn't blocked. I guess it's too simple, or full of common sense. lets hope this isn't all to simply mark people who do and do not comply. It is SBO-1 (Survey for Business Owner and Self Employed) and states that it is mandatory per Title 13 USC. Facebook; Twitter; Instagram; Pinterest; Flickr; YouTube; LinkedIn; City Services. I have written both my senators, Warner and Webb of Virginia, and stated my refusal to comply with the ACS. While talking to the ACS lady on the phone I found out they didn't have a complete address and had sent me a form. It has been done since 1790, and is mandated by the Constitution. I filled out the Census form this year and still, someone came to our door. PDF Comparing the American Community Survey and the Population Estimates --Lazarus. Especially after reading the comments on this page. We randomly sample addresses in every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Happy Holidays. By Daniel T. Weaver While liberals celebrated the Trump administration's decision to not include a citizenship question on the 2020 census, they are oblivious to the fact that the question is included in the American Community Survey, what we used to call the census long form. Finally, she said I am not answering anymore questions and they left her alone. It's paranoid people like you all who cause your communities not to get the funding they need. It is not the same people each time - many different ones wondering around. don't let them take our rights away even more than they already have. What the hell was someone on Obama's team thinking about? When I mentioned the threat of a fine to the last caller she seemed horrified that I would accuse her of that and went out of the way to state that she didn't bring it up. So hesitantly, I began to fill it out. VERIFY: Yes, the American Community Survey is legitimate - 11Alive.com This is a very big, complicated country we live in. EXCLUDE State operated juvenile residential facilities. I shall be contacting my Senator and Congressman to voice my alarm and concern on another gross infringement of my Civil Liberties. We did not return the census, and received continuous letters and threats. Read our FAQs or call us for more help with the survey. If you can't see why many people have a problem with the ACS then I'll never be able to explain it to you. And to poster 201: the survey is much more intrusive than asking how many people live in your household. We need to stick up for our rights. A Woodsboro couple is refusing to respond to a U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, saying the federal government's questionnaire is too invasive. www.rutherford.org. It is against the law to solicit minors so therefore they do not have to be counted in the total. Best policy is to avoid answering the door to strangers but it's difficult to do if you are outside a lot. [3] The purpose of the decennial census is to apportion the 435 members in the U.S. House of Representatives among the several states. Its about an obnoxiously intrusive survey, based on a lie about fire stations and such, done in a not so anonymous manner, by people who are often temporary workers and thus lack accountability for the privacy of the information they take. what is this country coming to? I'll see "YOU" on the tube."You Tube". When you are counted, it helps to decide the number of representatives a state can get, as well as determining federal funding for schools and hospitals. In fact, the ACS launched in 2005 to replace the census "long form." I actually worked for the Census in 1970. They came to my door at all hours. A week later, a woman came to my door and said they hadn't received my form. Methodology Statement: 2015-2019 American Community Survey MARCH 2021 6 with populations greater than 65,000) requires a 12-month sample. This city hasn't had its streets fixed in years and we always fill out the census. Be advised that no matter how intensive your efforts become, nor what kind of fine, penalty, prosecution or imprisonment you may wish to threaten, I, as a free American citizen, will not allow any agency of this government to demand, under penalty of law, that I disclose private and personal information about the members of my household. D. oes anyone understand what is involved in managing 300 million people spread out over an entire continent, each thinking all that matters is their individual needs? Thanks! Read our Newswire Disclaimer. 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How Banks Can Serve Customers with Language Barriers A previous post said this is the American Communist survey. Well it's now the middle of July and another census worker left her callback info on the door and has since started calling the number on the "for sale" sign at the property. Because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition, does this person have serious difficulty concentrating, remembering, or making decisions? Pericles, 460BC. The ability of our federal government to properly train temporary, and permanent, employees in PII and cyber security are not well represented in recent historical accounts. "The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides vital information on a yearly basis about our nation and its people. Firm, clear refusal. And for every intentionally false response to a question, the fine is $500. Now, I want to know how we go about suing these senseless census idiots! I am just not going to answer any questions. Should be interesting to see if they ever follow up again. I told the second person who called me that I had already refused to cooperate with the first person who called. There are two of us living here. I walked over to my neighbors later that evening and they told me that she did not come by to see them, but she was very persistent about getting the birth dates, ages, place of employment, phone numbers. I just left a "Tea Party" I found out I'm not the only 1 that was asked to fill out two census forms, one asking me if I could go up and down stairs, how long it takes for my husband to go to work, how does he get there,how many rooms is in my house, do I have flush toilets, what kind of health insurance, how much is my house payment, insurance on my house, do I have insurance, etc.
