The invasive nature of the current census raises serious questions about how and why government will use the collected information. It also demonstrates how the federal bureaucracy consistently encourages citizens to think of themselves in terms of groups, rather than as individual Americans. The not so subtle implication is that each group, whether ethnic, religious, social, or geographic, should speak up and demand its “fair share” of federal largesse.
Article I, section 2 of the Constitution calls for an enumeration of citizens every ten years, for the purpose of apportioning congressional seats among the various states. In other words, the census should be nothing more than a headcount. It was never intended to serve as a vehicle for gathering personal information on citizens.
I just received a warning notice from the Federal Government that I should expect to receive a census form in about one week. Apparently, according to this missive, the government has a lot of my community's money and my prompt response is important so they can give us our money back. May I suggest they shouldn't have taken it if they don't know what to do with it?
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