Thread: Census

According to U.S. law, they can ask pretty much whatever they want, and U.S. citizens are required, by law, to answer the questions fully and truthfully.

[quote name='michaelr' date='24 March 2010 - 06:21 PM' timestamp='1269469313' post='132523']

No it doesn't, my name and grants do not correlate.

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From the link:

Most grant opportunities are directed towards organizations that assist individuals.



There are many groups of organizations that are eligible to apply for government grants. Typically, most grantee organizations fall into the following categories:



Government Organizations



â–*State Governments

â–*Local Governments

â–*City or Township Governments

â–*Special District Governments

â–*Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)

â–*Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)

Education Organizations



â–*Independent School Districts

â–*Public and State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education

â–*Private Institutions of Higher Education

Public Housing Organizations



â–*Public Housing Authorities

â–*Indian Housing Authorities

If your city wanted a grant to build a women's clinic, being able to verify how many women there are would play an important role in the request.



It's the same thing with a lot of other statistics.



I'm not saying the money always goes to worthy projects, but I can see where it would help target certain services better.



Do you think the government just wants to know because they are sitting there pondering the fact you are a white male and hey, he could have guns let's go arrest him? The don't need to do that, they could just say you are growing marijuana in your home and boom - you go to jail and lose everything.



If they really wanted to fuck with you, they could do that easily enough without using census info to do it.

[quote name='Sparta' date='24 March 2010 - 03:10 PM' timestamp='1269468624' post='132514']

So you plan to send it back incomplete? I don't have a problem with telling them how many people live with me, so they can count population, but why do they need to know my race? Why my DOB, why my kids names?

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I'm going to send mine back filled out completely...and I'm going to include a note stating my intent to help them oppress all the righties using the info that is obtained.

Each member of my household entered their own names and answered the questions as they felt right. Two of us left the race information out. The race questions are WRONG.

[quote name='Dr.Knuckles' date='24 March 2010 - 08:52 PM' timestamp='1269478377' post='132550']

Is 'names' one of the questions?

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Are you being sarcastic?

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='24 March 2010 - 09:05 PM' timestamp='1269479106' post='132551']

Each member of my household entered their own names and answered the questions as they felt right. Two of us left the race information out. The race questions are WRONG.

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Well, I don't know the racial make-up of your neighborhood, but if white people in your area don't step up and check that box, you might find Elm St. renamed "Martin Luther King Blvd."

[quote name='kmiller1610' date='24 March 2010 - 09:05 PM' timestamp='1269479106' post='132551']

Each member of my household entered their own names and answered the questions as they felt right. Two of us left the race information out. The race questions are WRONG.

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It's been "wrong" for quite a while. Every census since 1850 has asked about race, although until 1890, the term used was "color."



Here's the 1890 census form. Look at question #4. Also consider questions #16 and #22 if you want to feel violated.