I recently got a phone call about the American Community Survey that was sent to an individual from the US Census Bureau. I had never heard of such a thing and told that person not to answer the questions or send it in. I wanted a copy of it because they said it was 48 pages long! It also had a lot of intrusive questions on it. So, I did some research and this is a legitimate survey by the US Census and it gathers MORE information than the every 10 year census does.
The topics included in the survey include: ancestry, citizen voting age , citizenship status, disability status, educational attainment, fertility, grandparents-as- caregivers, Language spoken, marital history, marital status, migration/residence from previous year, place of birth, school enrollment, undergraduate field of degree, veteran status and years of service, class of worker, commuting to work and place of work, employment status, food stamp info, health insurance coverage, income earnings, industry, occupation, poverty status, work status from previous year, how many bedrooms in house, computer and internet use, house heating fuel( gas, bottled, kerosene, coal, wood, solar), kitchen facilities( if you have refrigerator, sink with a faucet, stove), if you have a bathroom, tub or shower, smart phone or computer, occupancy status, occupants per room, plumbing facilities, rent, rooms, monthly owner costs, telephone service, tenure (owner/renter), units structure, value of home, vehicles available, year householder moved into unit, year of structure built, age, sex, group quarter population, Hispanic or Latino origin, race, relationship to householder, total population. Not only this stuff but they want to know how large the property is that you live on, if you have a mortgage and how much it is, if you raise livestock and how much you make of of the sales of livestock! Perhaps they want to know how often you crap in the yard or wipe your ass too. You could offer that information to them.
The federal government already has this information through the IRS, drivers license, property taxes, welfare office and other governmental agencies. WHY do they need it all under one roof? They claim it is for government funding and other such nonsense. They are WAY too intrusive on this information. AND they threaten you with a fine of up to $5,000 if you don’t fill it out. They even send people to your house that will come every day to harass you!
According to what I gathered, your household has a 1 in 400 or some chance of getting this survey every month. This is beyond intrusive. I am advising people IF you get this survey, fill out the BARE bones of it, don’t put your birthday, phone number, name or any names of anyone living in the house (the census doesn’t ask that), Write American as race, don’t give out any income information in amounts, and write NOYB (none of your business). The census is enough to fill out every 10years, they don’t need to know when you wipe your ass!
Yes I am pissed off. Yes this is stupid, the census is enough information. Even the name of this survey is questionable and some people’s survey is over 48 pages long! Just say NO! as far as I gathered this agency is not a law enforcement agency and cannot push prosecution, only the judicial branch can do that. So just say no to government over reach again!
Educated Cowpuncher 