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Originally Posted by PiKA2001
Just mailed mine out-
There are people from all over the country who feel that the census needs only to know the number of occupants in the residence and that's all. I didn't find the census intrusive but I did feel that the questions of how I am related to whom I live with And if I own or rent unnecessary. Also think it's stupid that they didn't ask if the person was a citizen, permanent resident or temp visitor. Any person on a temp visa renting a house or apt is going to be counted as a citizen.
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People also aren't thinking this through. There has to be a way to check the numbers reported against another database, ie SSN to make sure that no one claims fake citizens to keep congressional seats or federal money. Also, the census is an expensive process that gets done only once a decade so it gives us a rare opportunity to collect demographic information like race, home owner ship that gives us a "snapshot" of the nation in 2010. We've done it forever, and I hate to say it, but opposing the census IS unAmerican!
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