The Census

[SuuT]

Did you or are you going to fill it out?

lol I just heard on the news that only 3% of Floridians actually send the thing back. So it made me curious.

[poiuytrewq0987]

I did.

[Birka]

I'm still deciding. But no decision may be necessary, I think I lost the damn thing.

[Psychonaut]

Of course I filled it out. I really can't understand why anyone, especially right wingers, would object to the census. I mean, seriously, it's not even like we're talking about a Constitutional amendment here—the census is mandated in the body of the constitution (1:2).

[poiuytrewq0987]

Of course I filled it out. I really can't understand why anyone, especially right wingers, would object to the census. I mean, seriously, it's not even like we're talking about a Constitutional amendment here—the census is mandated in the body of the constitution (1:2).

To my understanding, the right wingers are objecting to additional information being asked such as race, name, etc. Even that is just lame because there are other ways the government can find who you are...

[Psychonaut]

To my understanding, the right wingers are objecting to additional information being asked such as race, name, etc. Even that is just lame because there are other ways the government can find who you are...

These questions have always been on the census in the US though. They're the reason it's so easy for Old Stock Americans to trace their ancestries well into the 1700s on nearly all sides. If anything, I'd like the census to ask me more questions, so that we can get better demographic statistics and have tons of cool maps as a result.

[Sol Invictus]

I've heard reports of Census workings taking GPS of residents. Have you guys heard of this?

[SwordoftheVistula]

It will make it harder for the left to claim 'disproportionate representation' if more whites are reported in the population.

The best thing to do is to not send it in, and wait for the worker to come out and interview you, because they double count some of those people in their 'estimates' which try to include people who were not counted in the official census.

[SuuT]

These questions have always been on the census in the US though. They're the reason it's so easy for Old Stock Americans to trace their ancestries well into the 1700s on nearly all sides. If anything, I'd like the census to ask me more questions, so that we can get better demographic statistics and have tons of cool maps as a result.

What do you make of that 3% of Floridians figure, Psycho? Inbetween chuckles about it last evening, I concluded 1.) People come here (mostly) to completely detach from reality and don't want to be bothered 2.) The huge criminal population that enjoys lax extradition laws 3.) Illegals 4.) Confused snowbirds 5.) and general apathy.

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[Psychonaut]

What do you make of that 3% of Floridians figure, Psycho? Inbetween chuckles about it last evening, I concluded 1.) People come here (mostly) to completely detach from reality and don't want to be bothered 2.) The huge criminal population that enjoys lax extradition laws 3.) Illegals 4.) Confused snowbirds 5.) and general apathy.

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6). an extremely large (in my part of the state at least) military population that is comprised of young, transient dudes who throw away government mail on sight (we get tons of surveys from Uncle Sam).

Florida's a strange place.