I will post again if there is further activity. Yet, he also said that the American Community Survey is continuing. I will fill it out and send it back to Census Bureau but I won't feel good about it. I agree with telling I live here, how many live here, as it's just counting folks to help with how many people have how many reps in congress and Senate. I since looked through the forms for the ACS on their site and it does ask far to much personal info. Who are these people and why are they telling me I am obligated by law to provide my personal information to some one or some entity I don't know. I filled out the decennial census. Those of you who are interested just might try at least the internet to find out what this is all about. (812) 218-3144, Jeffersonville Contact Center. Yesterday, a lady came by and tried to ask questions about the form. I received the ACS form yesterday and read it through just to see the questions. She then said "so you are refusing". We do not have to fear picking up the phone or answering our door. The answers you provide are used to create statistics about the people, places, and economy of the United States. I included a note with the returned survey stating that I would continue to refuse to answer these additional questions as a matter of principle, and I requested that no phone calls or visits to my home be made by your agency. Are you kidding? Why has my household or business been contacted to participate in a survey? No need to respond to the intrusive survey. Turns out, the worker knew where my husband works and called him there shortly after. True Nazism at its finest. For these reasons and likely more, the ACS has been said to be unanswered by about 45% of its recipients. Find out how we keep that promise and our legal obligation to you. its no joke. One of the three enumerators did canvass my neighbors and got hold of one of them, who tried to call me and advised the census people were looking for me (I did not return the voicemail). Thank you for answering, I am grateful for this site, but hesitant to put email addy, or other info about me. For location-based community surveys, you need to narrow your focus to a small region, for example, Austin, Texas. 3. These tabulations are used to determine how many representatives each state has in Congress. Now, I want to know how we go about suing these senseless census idiots! Participants were 77% female and . State that you have not made up your mind yet and will get back with them (think "slow roll"). Where does the boundary lie with these obsessive idiots? The answers we all provide are used to help determine the best distribution of more than $675 billion in federal and state funds annually. I have no problem with telling folks how many people, even our ages and nationalities. This info is also for the number of State Senators and Congressmen. So he then left. she wouldnt tell him who she was and kept insisting to come in. In 2000 I placed a large sprinkler by my front door. It sure the hell is. I am one who is living this nightmare: the letters, the phone calls, the personal visits, day in and day out, month after month. So they bully and threaten and use fear to scare people into compliance. Every 10 years, the U.S. Census Bureau is required to conduct a census to determine the number of people living in the country. I simply put, 'None of your business". Life is too short to be so mad about insignificant things. Under the rule of apportionment, Virginia would have been responsible for 30 percent of the tax. Search the Census Bureau Staff Directory to find the contact information for our employees. It has been more than 40 years since that was done and they do not want any court case to be brought up that can challenge the constitutionality of their threats. She noticed that I was very irritated and told me that she just needs the number of people who live here and ages. An official website of the United States government. My wife and I are not answering this. Staff Directory. The SS Admin does not care. It then adds insult and temerity by threatening me for noncompliance? But I can promise I'll promptly feed it to my hungry paper shredder. We keep refusing them and they keep threatening us. Individual businesses, households, or persons cannot be identified in statistics or reports published by the Census Bureau. I needed to read this! I said it sounded like a great idea. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. I am so glad I found this website. Poster 209: I believe that it is better to clearly refuse up front. Just throw the census form in the trash. What a waste of taxpayer dollars our government is spending having these census takers harass us. In the article above, it mentions the fine is per offense; but I did not read that anywhere in Title 13. Have no fear. At the very least, if you are going to refuse to do the census, try to be respectful, as some of the census workers are former military. Originally, I sent in the census form for the property stating zero occupants, then was called by a Census worker. You can search the internet and find many references to threats of a fine, but you won't find anyone who has ever been fined. welfare etc. This is plain wrong! Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $400 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year. He wanted my son's name and address. All selected households and businesses are chosen according to scientific statistical methods. You wonder why people are reluctant to give out information. The info tells them how many live in a certain area. Employer-sponsored insurance covers almost 155 million nonelderly people. Proud to be American but wondering where we will be as a nation in ten years? THE American Community Survey may be the most important government function you've never heard of, and it's in trouble. It is community based, and an effort to get away from the biased media to get the truth from people in the area it applies. My 89 year old mother was scared out of her wits after answering some questions, thinking she gave too much information and didn't even know who they were. We need to take a stand and not put up with all the socialist crap the government wants us to do. A week later, the same worker showed up and said it was my last chance or I could be fined and possibly jailed. So get a clue, and if you are so upright and truthful, use your real name. Many Supreme Court cases revolve around the privacy that a legal US citizen has and honestly, how the Census Bureau thinks that these would even be accurate answers is a joke! Good luck everyone! The Census Bureau has legal, procedural, technological, and statistical safeguards to ensure your information will not be disclosed to anyone. If someone knows where in the constitution it states this, please share. 6 The typical opt out activist is a highly educated, white, married, politically liberal parent whose children attend public school and whose household median income is well above the national average. I told him if he was good at counting, he could try counting my angry rottweilers as he ran for his life. We gave the government the right to count us. My husband and I run a small trucking company, and we received a census form for the business. I received the ACS invasion of privacy letter on my door yesterday. The U.S. Census Bureau randomly selected your household or business through a process of scientific sampling. Pew Research Center has deep roots in U.S. public opinion research. According to the survey, 23% of vehicle manufacturers and suppliers consider relocating production. Don't you think someone high up already has their * in a wringer over that? I made the mistake of answering some questions, thinking it was a one time thing. This is ridiculous. How do I know my information is safe? From original poster #188: I heard the head of the Census on NPR this morning. Instead of hiring mindless sheep to bother busy, honest, hard working people, the government can hire people to scour the internet for this "readily available information". This is all bull. Now.I look forward to answering that door, cell in hand, and pressing the "video record" button. Not to mention the ethnic origin of any person on a questionnaire is profiling a house. Every method was applied using two sets of adjustment variables: basic demographics (age, sex, race and ethnicity, education, and geographic region), and a more extensive set that included both demographics and a set of variables associated with political attitudes and engagement (voter registration, political party affiliation, ideology and If that's so, why is there a space for your name, date of birth and so much other identifying information that a blind man could identify the author of the answers. Get on with your life and answer the census. So I stand up to them and say NO, you don't need my private information in order to serve me better! I hope you folks do not live in my county or state. Sure your next survey is a global sampling and survey company how to opt out of the american community survey home helping! I have a meeting with my congressional representative this morning to let him know that I am not returning this form, and to hand him personally the form that I was sent. So, do I really need to fill this out, or can I use it to line my bird cage? Well, I will just have to wait for the "or else" because I will not be a robot for this government, asking when I go to work or who are all the females in my house with ages and names. Thus, if they want a specific task force to track illegals and tax invading americans, then so be it. I also feel for the ones who fought and died for us, who spit in their graves. They have no authority to uphold the ACS laws and they WON'T take action b/c they KNOW if this survey got out in the media it would be eliminated by public outcry. I gave them my name and not much more. Wow this there are so many ignorant people here! They would have to take you to court, and they haven't done that EVER. I first starting receiving these things by mail like 4 years ago. It is simply nobodys business. I filled out my census. Measuring America's People, Places, and Economy. I'm a 59 year old retired female and as a rule, I never 'buck' the system -- until now. Happy evading! They haven't gone so far as to threaten, but I can sense that their tone is getting more firm. Whether I'm white, black, hispanic, etc., or whether I own or rent my home, makes as much difference to the count of legal U.S. citizens as not having to show your legal or illegal status as a U.S. citizen. This is such an invasion of privacy. I have a few ideas to annoy them: Answer the door buck naked while eating a piece of chicken. That didn't stop the harassment, visits leaving notes while I was at work, or conversations asking my neighbors questions about me like I was some criminal or something. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, nor a paranoid, but goodness knows the intrusiveness of these questions can certainly drive a person to it. The Census Act of 1976 specifically prohibits the use of statistical sampling in the creation of congressional districts. It says it needs to know whether you have flush toilets or running water so they can manage . And my financial business is my business, provided I pay my bills and taxes which I do. I propose: 1) Grabbing your video recorder and recording the entire exchange. My husband said he is going to start asking them the personal questions and leave it at that. My high school son came home and read the questions and his first response was "this is communist." By 2020, more than 40% of all data analytics projects will relate to an aspect of customer experience. I want to put it in the woodstove and make my house a fortress. Most Census Bureau calls asking you to participate in a survey other than the 2020 Census originate from one of the following numbers: If you receive a call from the Census Bureau and you would like to independently verify that the number is from the Census Bureau, you can call one of the following numbers: Field representatives who do in-person interviews may also call you. Sometimes we do follow-up when we have incomplete responses to a survey, or if we have no response, at all. 0607-810 expired on 05/31/2008. The Census Bureau would have to refer a case to the Dept of Justice, they have no power of their own. Let freedom ring! I'm contacting my congressman on this ACS issue today. After 40 years and right before everybody in the country is supposed to reply to the 2010 census? She stated that the woman was no longer employed and asked if I could please give her the info. I told her not to come back or I would spray her with my garden hose. I clearly refused the first polite guy who called and then more firmly refused the stern woman who called next. Without the enjoyment of this right, all others would lose half their value. [The bracketed words added for clarification], Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, 154 U.S. 447, 479 (May 26, 1894). Americans must answer U.S. Census Bureau survey by law, though agency hasn't prosecuted since 1970 Bob Cole, who hosts Austin radio station KOKE-FM's weekday morning show, said on the air Jan. 7,. Next, they sent a real ***** who first harassed my child after being told that I was out of town (I was), then tried to enter our residence (my son was sitting there watching as the doorknob turned). You can find no instance of someone being 'required' to respond, or being fined for not doing so. Thank goodness for this web site. The next day, a woman came to my gate and was asking me to fill out the form with her. Nothing illegal about that! They say they are from the U.S. Dept of Commerce. They were expected to decline another 9% this year, according . Within Are You in a Survey? Also, someone please answer this question: How can the census determine how many illegals are in the US, when they don't pay taxes, use our social security numbers, etc.? The census worker also tried to "bait" me into giving false answers by saying "just answer the question anyway you like even if it's not true." One of the reasons identified by Fort Carson that soldiers opted out of the vaccine is because it isn't FDA approved. There are two adults and two children living at this residence. I'm too old and sick. Some hypothesize that the Census Bureau will not take legal action against, or pursue fines for, noncompliance with the ACS because doing so would likely attract much negative media attention. Anything that you answer can be used for this book, which is usually for your town, county, etc. A sympathizer to the Census said it was to help the government to function. We did not support and defend the Constitution for this crap. Has anyone really admittedly shown that proof that they got fined? The second time I got a call, I followed the recommendation of a fellow patriot. Instead, two weeks later, the supervisor came by, apologized and dropped off the new booklet. "the point that seems most lost here is that households chosen for ACS are just part of a statistical sample that is representative of the country as a whole". And it is supposed to be maintained private otherwise the census worker can go to prison or be fined or both. Other than that, the sky is the limit. To those who say they can't publish anything like that, I have seen it. This survey is not some spur of the moment mandate by the current administration. ACS has only been going since 2005. For information on a specific survey, please visit the surveys webpage. For everyone saying what's the big deal- go play in traffic. And if I were paranoid, I'd be accusing the census takers of taking my new baby's ss card that has still not arrived in my hands in four months! I was out in my yard and she was yelling at me from a distance. Some citizens believe that city planning should be carried out through the collection of anonymous, aggregate information. my wife and I pay our taxes and feel if that's not enough for our government, then "Too bad Charlie". We do live in a relatively remote area, and none of them can make sense of maps they are provided with. To Opt-out (unsubscribe) from an email communication: Click the unsubscribe or Manage your subscription preferences link present in the email as shown in the following image. For general questions, call 1-800-923-8282 or visit ask.census.gov to message our Customer Service Center. Finally, the last enumerator knocked one more time, then took away the last notice, which I decided to leave there. If you can't see why many people have a problem with the ACS then I'll never be able to explain it to you. Many people I know who voted for this man are now regretting it. Official websites use .gov Don't engage them in conversation or reason with them. Only 8% do not want to work from home at any frequency. He first announced the effect on Congressional districts based on the Population shifts from the Northeast to the South and Southwest. Oh wait -- the U.S. postal would never misdirect mail. Why am I being contacted again? How many is all they need to know. My wife and I were not home at the time the census work stopped by. I said yes for about the third time and hung up. My husband sent him away as we were eating. Maybe you'll get a new hospital! She offered me her badge and supervisors number. Isn't this trespassing? To all the census takers who have the nerve to put their 2 cents here to tell us how safe it is, why don't you also post your personal information for us? BTW my survey went into the guinea pig cage, it will come out the same it went in: crap. This is harassment, I am no threat. This site provides answers about our surveys and who to contact for more information. We have been approached numerous times on our property, been left threatening letters and messages on our answering machine, and there seems to be no end to it. The census person came back by a week later. she said go ahead i'll wait. all this while he was getting ready for work. This is crazy -- why is this still going on and why aren't people doing something about it? Again, the the next morning, he left papers in my door that were printed off the internet about why the census is important. This page outlines and answers frequently asked questions regarding Census Bureau surveys including what respondents can expect, how to verify or complete a survey, and protections for participant information. That went into the fire. I would personally love to sit and watch hours of this kind of stuff. As a retired LEO, state law keeps all my info private, unless court ordered. Research brought me here. The Census sites say as much if you read them, something like 'well wee don't really want to fine anyone'. Wow. You can't actually expect all of the decisions to be made accurately and take into account the needs at the consumer level based on a head county every 10 years. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $675 billion in federal and state funds are dis Continue Reading 3 And send a Federal Marshal out to write you a ticket. I have yet to fill one out. Answer (1 of 5): Idk what the punishment is but I started filling it out. When I said I would not be probed by his questions from the government and continued by saying that I meant no disrespect to him; however, I hate what the government is trying to do to us he responded. The ACS is conducted in four different ways via internet, mail, telephone and in-person interviews. They can send me the 2010 census with their 10 questions that I am required to answer and I will. I might have to go outside and see if Big Brother is installing hidden cameras. About one week later, I was ready to mail in my form. It is my constitutional right to privacy. I am so thankful for this website! You will be asked about your employment status for the calendar week that includes the 12th of the month. Most U.S. representatives have local offices. It seems to me that *all* the information they need and want should be available to them from our 1040's. Unfortunately it does not state that the number of people is the only thing allowed to be collected by the census. I left the notice stuck to the door. That wasn't supposed to be able to happen. By the way, from what I read in Title 13, the max they can fine you is $100 for not filling out the form, or max $500 for false information. Will we ever return to our freedoms? We have received 2 ACS long forms and multiple phone calls and now a front door visit. I worked as an enumerator for the 2000 Census. I was mailed two ACS forms which I promptly threw in the trash because of the personal nature of the questions. After reading the notes on this site, I decided - ACSdestination, shredder. She informed me that I only had to answer a few questions, and could she come in? As long as there are enough people who didn't fill out the census? This city hasn't had its streets fixed in years and we always fill out the census. The census is satanic. Some surveys involve multiple interviews in order to learn how characteristics such as income, employment, housing, or education change over time. No one I have talked to since I received this survey has known anything about it. Anyway, this guy knocked twice or three time so I ignored him. Well it started for me. 5) Arrest criminals from Acorn and stop our tax dollars from funding Acorn and other criminal organizations like them. About one month later I received a phone call from a supervisor. This is to help the community -- like heck. The worker harassed him and told him he had to answer the question or he would be in trouble with the police. She said actually it's mandatory. I sent in the Census form (and that's all I'm required to provide). and inviting me to contact them if I had any concerns. They can go to hell. then maybe somebody will get the hint that we don't want our lives invaded. A tactic that is used too frequently in our society as a means of control. The census asks for the number of people who "stayed at your house on April 1, 2010." Analyze the responses. I too am grateful for this site. Please meet, call write your congressperson to recommend that they sign on to this legislation, and get rid of this ridiculous intrusion of government into your private and personal affairs. I got another call tonight, but was not here to take the call. Be advised that no matter how intensive your efforts become, nor what kind of fine, penalty, prosecution or imprisonment you may wish to threaten, I, as a free American citizen, will not allow any agency of this government to demand, under penalty of law, that I disclose private and personal information about the members of my household. I then yelled at him to "beat it" - (since he could see me and it was obvious that I knew he was there.). Still, some citizens do not answer it. we need to stop fighting and come together, reminiscent of the black panthers and Raymond Washington. The Google Analytics opt-out add-on is designed to be compatible with Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. What you guys who love to quote the constitution fail to take into account are all of the amendments the government has quietly put in since it was first written. For household surveys, the Census Bureau uses two contact centers, one in Jeffersonville, Indiana and the other in Tucson, Arizona. Whats next from our GOVERNMENT; the police saying your papers please? I personally do not want to answer because it's just a habit but if they did catch me off-guard, I would probably give them an answer of some sort (like I am a boyfriend who is watching my girlfriend's house while she's away with the peace corps for six months and that I already answered the census for my home a few blocks away). anon10731 is obviously a census worker!!!!!! He is a senior in high school and just finished studying the history of communism. They do NOT enforce noncompliance, because they know this survey is UNAmerican and UNConstitutional and would NOT stand up in a court of law against The People. You can also contact your local Regional Office. For more information about completing a particular survey, you can search the Census Bureauslist of surveysand read more about what your options are for responding. My hubby has served this country for over 30 years, we are about to retire and what a lovely retirement gift we are receiving (NOT)!.Harassment, compliments of the government, just lovely (NOT). I will not answer the questions on the American Community Survey and we all have the right and the duty to stand up against this intrusion. Who has my info now? Rather, the data we collect is only used to create statistics. You may be visited by someone from the Census Bureau working on one of our surveys. lets hope this isn't all to simply mark people who do and do not comply. I demanded who he was for the third time and he said us census. He ignored the legality but admitted there were corporate sponsors involved. He asked me about a census employee who visited my home the prior week. These people are trying to "do their jobs", but there are better ways to make a living, one that doesn't help enslave Americans even further with more "government help" and ultimately, taxation. I started my business for 75 cents. Now I have people pestering my doorman for my information, pretending to be food deliverymen claiming that I ordered food - just so they can come up to my apartment --wow. I have little doubt that the ACS data is already in Israel's possession. Today I received a notice in the mail from the Census Bureau Director, Robert M. Groves, advising me that next week I'll receive a 2010 Census form in the mail and would I fill it out and mail it in promptly. I have received two of them so far in January 2010 and I am ignoring both. This is especially true if you have already returned your regular census form. Wrong. TheAmerican Community Survey (ACS)is the largest survey conducted by the Census Bureau and has taken place every year since 2005. If they want more personal financial information, then I suggest they get it from the IRS. It's unbelievable that they have the right to do this, on principle alone, I will not. What the hell was someone on Obama's team thinking about? I completed the regular census and destroyed the ACS. I hope this helps. Because the rich have been given free passes by laws created by and for the rich, we must beware these so called laws they create. We are getting a camera for the outside of our home this week, so we will be ready. And when I'm asked what my address is, I'll respond with, "I pay taxes, look it up.". the census is just a way of allocating seats for elected officials and that's all. Be transparent about what you are asking of them, what you will do with their . ), What in the world is wrong with you people? They can't take my free will. 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