Nineteen percent said they would like to telecommute full-time. We are so fortunate to live in this country. I since looked through the forms for the ACS on their site and it does ask far to much personal info. Well they stopped today. I just hope one of them won't be on my 'case.'. Confidentiality? When we do the ACS on the phone, we do not ask for your SS #, we do not ask how many times you go to the bathroom. 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). This evidence should be used to justify resources to make improvements. 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. Within Are You in a Survey? Thesis: It is best to be professional and courteous when speaking in person and on the phone to the ACS representatives. Well I received my census, and it had questions that i refused to answer, which under the requirements should not have been on it. Ideally, you want to let them know what type of action you'll be taking, or how their opinions made a difference, with a follow-up email or a community briefing. I just moved to a suburb outside of Detroit after years of living there, and its strange but I also got 'grilled' the last time it came around. Thank you for your interest in the age, racial composition, daily habits, and private information regarding the private lives and private property of the members of my household. Ain't going to happen, just call their bluff. No reason to be rude to someone doing their job. At first, I completed the survey, sealed it in the envelope, and then did not send it. !Now I have to pay for temp workers who have my private info to sell overseas maybe???? About 51% of Americans oppose allowing religious exemptions for people who otherwise would be required to get the shot, while about 48% support such exemptions, the Public Religion Research Institute found in a survey published Wednesday. Remember Germany. Thank you for being here. Last night (Monday) he showed up at 7:30. Then the phone calls started. Good-bye". This is out of control. They never say that they are going to fine you. I am literally getting up to six phone calls a day, mass mailings, and mass e-mails. Access demographic, economic and population data from the U.S. Census Bureau. To verify that someone who has texted you is a Census Bureau field representative, you can enter their name in the Census Bureau Staff Search, a database that lists name and contact information for all Census Bureau employees. It's just like a bunch of whiners. The next day I got an e-mail saying that the "government guy" was OK with it and that I should return the form. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, nor a paranoid, but goodness knows the intrusiveness of these questions can certainly drive a person to it. Why the hell should I tell the government all this business about me? If I receive the same treatment again, I may consider filing a class action lawsuit. During the last survey I chose not to fill it out. 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. First time around it ended with phone calls and then they I was given a $25 gift card at the Home Depot. The agent asked about receiving the survey and I informed him that mailed addressed to "resident" was not the responsibility of any named occupant to open but I was also familiar with the unconstitutional intrusion of the personal questions in such a survey and the corporate partners with which the data is shared. 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. Since many citizens lack basic knowledge of our Constitution and federalist system, they are easily manipulated by media and academic elites who tell them that judges are the absolute and final arbiters of US law. I was in my PJs and answered the door, thinking it was a neighbor. We have always taught him not to talk to people he does not know and never give out information. The IRS has all my income info, and frankly, it'd take me hours to look up all the financial info they want (monthly mortgage, gas, electric, utility bills.) Read the Constitution. Whats next from our GOVERNMENT; the police saying your papers please? At what location did this person work last week? On Monday, a worker left a letter at my door advising he would return again. What? I am glad I am not the only one who tossed the thing in the garbage. So hesitantly, I began to fill it out. I am young and strong and will not put up with this sort of thing. Do i have a Fifth amendment right not to incriminate myself? And it is supposed to be maintained private otherwise the census worker can go to prison or be fined or both. 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). I live in the ghetto already. Any opt-out mechanism you offer must be able to process opt-out requests for at least 30 days after you send your message. I have written both my senators, Warner and Webb of Virginia, and stated my refusal to comply with the ACS. And if there isn't a law protecting these rights, then we need someone to make it happen! Only 8% do not want to work from home at any frequency. In summary: All banks must develop initial and annual privacy notices. She stated that the woman was no longer employed and asked if I could please give her the info. But obviously they want to know everything about you. I am looking into who passed legislation to approve this questionnaire. I'm so glad I read this. I have been contacted to participate in a survey. Smile. This is due to lack of security for any personal information you provide. It's not their business. They're not authorized to do that. This is not for every citizen, so we will not participate. Launched initially as a project focused primarily on U.S. policy and politics in the early 1990s, the Center has grown over time to study a wide range of topics vital to explaining America to itself and to the world.Our hallmarks: a rigorous approach to methodological quality, complete transparency as to our methods, and a . Thank you, wonderful conspiracy theorists for repeatedly posting erroneous information on here and showing everyone that you truly have no life. We pay as much tax as a so called socialist country about 40 percent, but get nothing in return. They have nothing but their own agenda in mind and any semblance of control we think we have is just that -- a semblance. In the article above, it mentions the fine is per offense; but I did not read that anywhere in Title 13. I left all of the other personal and private questions in the survey unanswered. Emails from the Census Bureau are sent from the official @census.gov domain. The next day I called back and talked to a different agent or whatever they are. Wound up yelling at anyone who would speak to me and finally the harassment stopped. You need to stop peering in my window and you need to leave right away." So today I found this census worker peeping tom at my windows, which face the back woods. Fight the power. I told them there is a problem if they are not getting their mail. this person got in the building somehow! I stupidly started filling out my ACS before I learned of this. (ACS questions 1, 3 and 4), 3. Oh wait -- the U.S. postal would never misdirect mail. Your household or business may be selected to participate in one of these surveys. Attempting to use scare tactics to get personal information - nice. I thought to myself, now they are going to harass them. The privacy rule governs when and how banks may share nonpublic personal information about consumers with nonaffiliated third parties. 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. This warning is clearly stated on the ACS envelope, and the form itself threatens a fine for people who refuse or willfully neglect to complete the survey. Our government is abusive, tyrannical and murderous. I have not had the privilege yet of receiving the census form but I'm sure I will soon. God bless you for creating this site! We have starving, homelessness, government corruption. The opt out option is considered an important feature of surveys, especially in email surveys. I said I may have the second one, but discarded the first as a scam attempt. They DO go away. I told her I wasn't interested. But I hit the brakes big time when they ask for your birthdate, among other garbage of race, sex, etc. I gave only the necessary information for an actual enumeration of my household. this stupid stupid government and all its crap we have been harassed over and over and over and today again. No one from the Census has been escorted off your property by the police - Title 13 gives them the right to be on your property. I, too, have been harassed by the Census Bureau. I too am grateful for this site. Or maybe they're going to start sending happy birthday cards to everybody soon. And how do they fine/prosecute a person if "answers" cannot be used in court or obtained by law enforcement? The last thing the execs at the Census Bureau want to see is a video of one of their "enumerators" on YouTube, the Six O'clock News, or in Congress or a courtroom harassing and threatening a citizen/voter with a big fine or jail time if that person refuses to give out the personal details of his life to a perfect stranger. So that could scare you away from doing the census. He was shocked and said it was required by law. These questions clearly violate any privacy guaranteed to me by the US Constitution and over step the Census Bureaus authority. Now let me get my cell phone fully charged and ready for the doorbell to ring. Once on Saturday, once on Wednesday, three times yesterday, and so far once today. I mentioned to a reporter for the newspaper the similarity between our government today and Hitler and he said some not so nice things to me. I did call the police on them. That is what I've allowed them to do. I decided I did not want to answer the census because of the invasiveness of the questions. The states collect the tax and turn the money over to the federal government. Happy Holidays. 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. They do go to your neighbors and landlord if you are a renter, and they do try to threaten and intimidate you by saying that if you don't answer then someone will return and will have the police with them, so yeah, keep on believing that it's all just a few harmless questions. Get over yourselves! Now there was the random insanely long, for one out of four, which I think is totally unfair. Let this letter be the third request that you respect my privacy and my requests. Have no fear. For information on a specific survey, please visit the surveys webpage. Now, do we all agree that harassing people is against the law??! These statistics help inform elected officials about communities and businesses across the United States. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses. I hung up. Well, as the creators of the slide at Fort Carson explained, neither are . A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. That is just crazy. Thank Gosh, I documented every call and person I spoke with. A previous post said this is the American Communist survey. If you are thinking about filling this out, don't! A few visits to my door that went unanswered, a few letters filled with empty threats, and after a month or so, and it all subsided. Be transparent about what you are asking of them, what you will do with their . I also mentioned that unless a US Marshal from the Justice Department accompanied him, I would simply ignore him and would call the police if further harassed. give me liberty, or give you death as the old saying goes! To verify that a caller is a Census Bureau field representative who is working on a survey, you can enter their name in the Census Bureau Staff Search, a database that lists name and contact information for all Census Bureau employees. Do as you see fit. I have worked as an enumerator. I would personally love to sit and watch hours of this kind of stuff. I do not think I should have to give out that kind of information. 12286: Don't worry, and don't respond. How can I verify that an in-person interviewer is a Census Bureau employee? I made the mistake of answering some questions, thinking it was a one time thing. What was this person's total income during the past 12 months? 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 Under the rule of apportionment, Virginia would have been responsible for 30 percent of the tax. I filled in only the number of adults and children and wrote a note on the form that this was the only information I would provide. Summary of Findings. And everyone should have to fill out the same thing-how come I get the long form every time? I refused entry into my home. As a result, Congressional districts will need to be redrawn. It is pages and pages of personal questions. A few days ago had a census worker knock on my door. I just left a "Tea Party" I found out I'm not the only 1 that was asked to fill out two census forms, one asking me if I could go up and down stairs, how long it takes for my husband to go to work, how does he get there,how many rooms is in my house, do I have flush toilets, what kind of health insurance, how much is my house payment, insurance on my house, do I have insurance, etc. For information on a specific survey, please visit the list of surveys or contact the Census Bureau Contact Center to speak with a representative who can assist you. I googled the name and phone number, found out their spouses name where they lived, etc. We do live in a relatively remote area, and none of them can make sense of maps they are provided with. the Supreme Court's decisions over the years has established that the rights to privacy is a basic human right, and as such is protected by virtue of the 9th amendment. If you are with a congressional office or have not yet found a resolution to your concern, contact the Office of the Respondent Advocate. and even spells it. If you do/have, chances are your information is already out in the open for various public/private agencies. He is a senior in high school and just finished studying the history of communism. You can find the ACS forms on the Census web site under ACS. I get hourly calls during the week. My 15 year old son was home at the time of the census worker stopping by. I have contacted The American Center For Law and Justice. Asking for federal money or federal representation is a huge mistake. Analyze the responses. I really like what anon18185 did, about looking up the census person and finding out information about them and not have thrown away the census questionnaire. Are we going to let this happen? anon 77369: It is incorrect to say that you are required to respond. Ending homeless is an ongoing challenge throughout America. I received by first survey in early December and a second one just three weeks later. The census is satanic. I've read the Constitution now and I fail to find any foundation for anyone asking questions of this nature. This info is also for the number of State Senators and Congressmen. I wonder how many of those opposing census questions will annually volunteer much more private information and their personal wealth to a real evil unconstitutional organization - the IRS. according to the constitution it limits the government's ability to do anything but enumerate. There are even amendments to the amendments. then maybe somebody will get the hint that we don't want our lives invaded. Follow-up can occur in-person, via mail, or by telephone. The last time I looked, American's had the right to privacy. They can't take my free will. To sign up for updates please enter your email address. I would feel dirty if I accepted a job with the census. Yesterday, a lady came by and tried to ask questions about the form. I do believe that the census information is mostly kept private though after a period of years or decades, it may become public. Click Update Preferences to ensure the changes are applied. 3. Have received two of the ACS forms, both went into the garbage. I wish you luck. I didn't argue or discuss it, just stated the truth and hung up immediately. We need to take our country back. I had already been a victim of identity theft. I have received two of them so far in January 2010 and I am ignoring both. She then stated that she has not talked to the supervisor. They have to get past the doorman first. The latest thing they are doing is having the postal carrier come to my door and have me sign a delivery confirmation. I see a lot of people have more courage than me. I ignored the phone when it rang. Enumeration. 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