2010 Census Form

[theGinsue]

Like pickenup, all I've received so far is the letter telling me it's coming.

[Bailey Guns]

I didn't answer a couple of the questions. Like the DOB...I just put the year. Why do they need that? I didn't give them my phone number either. I grudgingly answered the "race" question.

I've had just about enough of intrusive gov't wanting to know everything I do and attempting to influence or control everything I do.

[theGinsue]

Your birth year should be more than satisfactory for their demographics (which really has NOTHING to do with the stated intended purposed of the cencus). And what practical use/need do they have for your phone number?

Really, they only need to identify 3 things:
Number of individuals in the home
Number of individuals per age group (0-5/6-12/13-18/19-25/26-34/35-45...
Estimated annual income of the household

Anything beyond that is just being nosey and intrusive.

[opie011]

Really, they only need to identify 3 things:
Number of individuals in the home
Number of individuals per age group (0-5/6-12/13-18/19-25/26-34/35-45...
Estimated annual income of the household

Anything beyond that is just being nosey and intrusive.

Agreed. I'm only gonna fill out how many people and my age. I feel offended about the race question, shouldn't I, the "others" are so easily offended by more stupid things!

[bryjcom]

The only thing I'm going to answer is how many people live in this household. Thats the only thing they are authorized to ask.

[sniper7]

You can't get any information about which races are in which class without that question. So, I guess if they got rid of that question, there might be less race specific aid programs, but probably not. I'm torn on if I'm bothered by that question or not.

but SHOULD there be race and ethnic related programs and aid and scholarships? I bet there would be a monstrous backlash if I had a scholarship call the REAL AMERICAN WHITE ONLY scholarships, or the United WHITE fund, or an all white college.

[Irving]

That's not necessarily what I'm talking about, but otherwise, I'm not a fan of equal opportunity programs.

[TS12000]

I put other in the race form and penciled in "AMERICAN"


they create their own racist bullshit when they ask what the background is. it should either be american or illegal immigrant or maybe immigrant on a green card or visa. other than that it just helps create the mindset for racism.

I wanted to write Caucasian American but decided against it

[Irving]

I sent ours in today. I put how many people lived in the house, the sex, age, and birth year of each person. No names and no phone number.

[sniper7]

sent mine in yesterday as well