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03-29-2010, 08:31 AM
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I have a problem with all the mail that they send out that is unnecessary--
I got a letter telling me they were sending a packet... um ok, but wouldn't I know that when I got the packet?
I got the packet and found it rather annoying, especially all the race questions. But I filled it out and sent it in.
Then I got a letter telling me that they had sent me a packet and hopefully I sent it back in. Ok... was that necessary?
Why not send the packets and then only send follow ups to people who don't respond in a month?
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03-29-2010, 08:48 AM
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Yeah, due to the federal governments regulation of our money, yes I have seen them.
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Uh, yeah. 'Cause if the big banks have demonstrated anything, it's that if just left to their own devices, they'll do everything the right way and the market will keep it all under control. Sure.
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edit: In my utopia, this sort of system I would prefer for many types of certification, including lawyers, surveyors, and other occupations where some sort of certification of learning is necessary for practice.
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As a lawyer, I'm afraid that doesn't sound much like a utopia to me.
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03-29-2010, 06:21 PM
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Originally Posted by MysticCat
Uh, yeah. 'Cause if the big banks have demonstrated anything, it's that if just left to their own devices, they'll do everything the right way and the market will keep it all under control. Sure.
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Uhm, the free-market would have prevented it. The government distorted the market so that the banks were able to do what they did. You do understand that, right?
The government is the enabler, not the preventer.
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03-29-2010, 09:10 AM
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Originally Posted by summer_gphib
I have a problem with all the mail that they send out that is unnecessary--
I got a letter telling me they were sending a packet... um ok, but wouldn't I know that when I got the packet?
I got the packet and found it rather annoying, especially all the race questions. But I filled it out and sent it in.
Then I got a letter telling me that they had sent me a packet and hopefully I sent it back in. Ok... was that necessary?
Why not send the packets and then only send follow ups to people who don't respond in a month?
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The methods they use are for a very good reason. This is like an Intro to Survey Methods class. 
There is a lot invested in the Census so they'd rather annoy you than have some others try to excuse their lack of participation; or try to say that "certain groups of people" had more access to the Census than others. That's why they alert you of the Census mailing (so people will check their mail and not discard it for any reason); and send 2-3 bilingual follow-up postcards. It takes more time and money to narrow it down to those who didn't mail it back than it takes to just alert everyone who received it in the first place.
I mailed back my Census the same day. It took about 5-10 minutes to complete. There was nothing invasive about it (since when are race questions invasive?). I didn't like "Negro," but I made a note of it for the Census people and moved on. GOOOOOOO CENSUS!
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03-29-2010, 01:01 PM
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It takes more time and money to narrow it down to those who didn't mail it back than it takes to just alert everyone who received it in the first place.
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I was watching a news story on the Census follow up letters and how it cost $64 million to send them out.
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