Just one question, what could the $1 billion could have been spent on other than conducting a poll? 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). Participants were 77% female and . I hung up. What an imposing questionnaire! Since when has the Federal government come to my door or anyone elses and said "We want to help you get your road paved" or any other helpful act, and then asked me for my help by filling out a form to prove the necessity? Oh, the reason he came back? Have to love how the government pays people to harass you. If you are a business person you could benefit from having accurate demographic information for the United States. We sent in the form with the number of people, then called the girl who left a note on our door. do i have right to due process? Filled out the short form minus birth dates. I am sure that will go far. They can't take my free will. Lastly, if you are a proper pet owner, then you consider you dog, cat, etc. It is a survey that invades privacy by asking about the presence of flush toilets, the amount of income that you earn, whether there isa business in your home, how much you spend on utilities, where you work, what time you leave for work, how you get to work, how long it takes you to . It came from data mining by the Pew Research Center. "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who who have the courage to defend it." When does their employment end, and shouldn't they be thanking these non-compliant people for extending their pay a bit longer? I love hearing this we live in the greatest country. Survey Design and Methods. During the last month since I received the first one, I've had many many phone calls from someone asking for my husband and saying he is from a veteran's charity. The Supreme Court in June rejected an attempt by the Trump administration to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census, a much more sweeping and comprehensive count of the American population. I'm fed up with the ACS and all their nosing in my business. Hard to believe they did not receive it or they lost it. Next step will be implanting us with chips, or tattooing our arms. We do not have to fear picking up the phone or answering our door. Today, the apparent supervisor came -- in his safety vest and green jeep like a public works person. I also ignored the mailed survey. That went into the fire. You may have noticed over the past week on the news, many articles about the new situation in American families where the wife is now the major bread winner/wage earner. Not more that 10 minutes ago, a person came to the door unannounced, said she was from the ACS, and did I have a few minutes to fill out the survey. What? i feel like a jew in germany when these goons come knocking. Title 13 section 141, subsections (a) and (d) authorize surveys. Good for Michele Bachmann for saying she wasn't filling this out. The surveyor didn't respond to that one when we had a "terse" discussion with them today. no one here is related etc., etc. I just received the ACS survey and will not be sending it in. Then I received the ACS. I feel that a class action lawsuit should be started. But at the same time, phones are not supposed to be tapped. 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. It has taken almost two decades to get it to this point where something intelligent can actually be done to manage our mess. In July, I started to receive visits. Now there was the random insanely long, for one out of four, which I think is totally unfair. I don't want abuse from anyone, least of all from those who were once subject to the people and who now act as if they are the elite. I intend to scan the thing and email it to everyone I know, plus my congressman and senators. I've since received a second one, and had one call this week(which I did not answer). We've had non-stop, unannounced visits by the same census taker, who continues to drive-by the home multiple times during the day. Not to mention when the people came to my door I informed them that they were trespassing without proper identification and subject to arrest. 241, 250, of all the rights of the citizen, few are of greater importance or more essential to his peace and happiness than the right of personal security, and that involves, not merely protection of his person from assault, but exemption of his private affairs, books, and papers from inspection and scrutiny of others. Ultimately, you might just need to either answer the census to get them to stop coming or, as an alternative, make up answers to protect your privacy. Make your own mind up as to what your world should be -- it's that simple. I then hung up. the ACS's questions imply. I just got my request from ACS today, late july 2010. But please do not chastise me for maintaining my personal and family privacy and refusing to respond to an unconstitutional intrusion into my personal affairs. I hope you folks do not live in my county or state. He is a senior in high school and just finished studying the history of communism. --JAS. It's the amendments that congress is busy adding to the original Constitution while you guys are busy working, fishing, etc., instead of watching congressional actions on C Span or some such that are killing us and our rights. But it hasn't ever needed to be collected by a government agency that is supposed to serve WE, the people and then threatens us with fines, treating good citizens like criminals (I thought counting people was like one, two, three, four,?). The biggest, the American Community Survey (ACS), is sent annually to more than 3.5 million randomly selected homes to gather population, economic, housing and other data that helps determine how hundreds of billions of dollars in state and federal money is distributed. It's a land of the free OK but I ask everyday "for who??" Within Are You in a Survey? The Census Bureau will not ask you to provide your personal information via email. This questionnaire id just too personal and invasive of ones rights as a citizen in any country, let alone (supposedly) "The Land of the Free and The Brave" did Cheney, Bush, McCain, Obama fill one out? You send it in it could become public information. Person 48. Not to mention that this information in the wrong hands can cause identity theft. I also refused the deputy entrance for the purpose of a census and said that I wished them both to leave as I would not comply. I say "sorry sir no one here is available and you need to leave." We refused to give information on the cell phone several times. ACS has only been going since 2005. But, (knock on wood again) no visits ever occurred (yet that is). If they come and announce who they are, I'll simply start yelling, "Non parlo Inglese! Now I find out he has been to my place of employment looking for me. I have a few ideas to annoy them: Answer the door buck naked while eating a piece of chicken. This city hasn't had its streets fixed in years and we always fill out the census. They don't want the constituents who elected them to be harassed. Employer-sponsored insurance covers almost 155 million nonelderly people. I wish I would have kept the census person's name. This ACS thing is quite detailed. Since then, I have received four phone calls from the US Census Bureau. About one week later, I was ready to mail in my form. 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. Surveys may generally be completed online, by mail, in-person, over the phone, or some combination of these methods. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites. He had to come through a closed gate. I am glad to know there are plenty out there who are refusing to let our rights be trampled on!! I refused to tell them financial info or how much I pay on a power bill. What I want to know for sure is: Can they make, force, and punish you for not filling out this thing? They can send me the 2010 census with their 10 questions that I am required to answer and I will. If one of these goons shows up at your door you should immediately get out your camera phone or camcorder and put it right in their face and turn it on. However, the staff search function on our website will identify our field representatives by name and email address, if you wish to verify that they work for the Census Bureau. It's unbelievable that they have the right to do this, on principle alone, I will not. I am a retired airline captain and a former captain in the U.S.A.F. 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. I'm also going to contact her opponent and see if we can get some action on it for the upcoming debates. We had mailed the form back the day after we received it. 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. They came to my door at all hours. I know that some of you were harassed by the census folks. There are three general approaches to abortion care training: "opt out," in which training is routinely integrated into residency training but residents with religious or moral objections can opt out of participation; "opt in," in which training is available but not routinely scheduled; and programs in which no training is provided. We are all empowered, so we need to get together to sue! Say no to everything. Government entities do illegal things. While we understand your assertion that this information is needed for some reason deemed important by somebody, and that the information requested will be kept strictly confidential, I respectfully decline to participate in this American Community Survey, and request that you do not misdirect further efforts to gather this private information about the members of my household from either myself or any other source. 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. 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 Nothing illegal about that! After notifying you in advance by mail about a survey, the Census Bureau provides options by which you can participate. how the hell does she know me and what i look like, she's never been to our door yet. Life is too short to be so mad about insignificant things. Some surveys such as theHousehold Pulse Survey may contact you via text message. If they harass you with phone calls change your number before they do the census and keep it unlisted. What things do we never ask for? I didn't sleep well last night worrying how my civil disobedience might cost me dollars and jail. If you have additional issues or concerns that are not addressed above, please contact the Office of the Respondent Advocate. Too late I read the comments about this article and I got a phone call from the ACS. I completed the regular census and destroyed the ACS. Then I asked the census taker her birth date, and I again got no answer. I love my country and I'm proud to be an American. Should all of us contact our local media so that everyone knows about ACS? After four or five visits with three notices taped to the door over two weeks, they seem to have given up. its no joke. I informed the caller, "Eric", that I did not wish to participate in the survey and to please remove my name from their phone list and mailing list. We have received 3 demands from the Census Bureau. And as to the types of questions that can be asked, the only limit is that they can't be of a religious nature. None of this would be possible without your participation. Measuring America's People, Places, and Economy. Let freedom ring! One dear government lady actually said she did not have time for prank phone calls. I suggest that people find a petition out there against this census survey. In the article above, it mentions the fine is per offense; but I did not read that anywhere in Title 13. 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." We were hired to call people who did not respond and we left messages on answering machines. I told her to "bring it on". Why don't they survey me to find out my opinion on illegal immigrants, unemployment benefits to people who have barely held a job down in their life, giving child care benefits to unwed mothers who just keep popping out babies to numerous baby-daddies, who will never pay into the system so that I can collect Social Security when I want to finally retire after 50 years of non-stop work,or putting this country into mega-debt while giving money to impoverished countries that will never help us or appreciate us. 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. We have received phone calls. He presented me with an ACS envelope and said a "government guy" had come to school and was having random students fill them out. So glad I came across this website while researching whether or not I had to respond to this stupid ACS I just got in the mail. 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. Despite this request, my wife has subsequently been visited by an unannounced and uninvited representative of your Bureau, and I was later telephoned by him. May 19, 2012. The Census Bureau uses sampling methods to select households that represent a cross-section of the population of the United States. I have not opened or returned them. They've also visited six of my neighbors, twice each so far. We are so fortunate to live in this country. I will not answer the questions on the ACS. So glad I found this site. Bring it on ACB enumeratorsgo ahead, make my day!! Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $400 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year. They wanted to know how much we made, where we made it (we're self employed)but the scary part was that they ALREADY KNEW WHAT WE HAD MADE. Why am I being asked for my name? We're starved after working all day on our house renovation. Now, do we all agree that harassing people is against the law??! A location-based community survey is restricted to a particular geographical location like a neighborhood or a single zip code. 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. Finally, the last enumerator knocked one more time, then took away the last notice, which I decided to leave there. If you receive a survey or a letter in the mail from the Census Bureau, the envelope contains certain information that may help you verify its legitimacy. 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. The first phone call was late December and was not answered. Its as if this part of the government wants to create dirt on someone if they can find it! Why has my household or business been contacted to participate in a survey? We do live in a relatively remote area, and none of them can make sense of maps they are provided with. This tool helps you do just that. From original poster #188: I heard the head of the Census on NPR this morning. He asked me about a census employee who visited my home the prior week. All the information you provide to the Census Bureau is strictly confidential and protected and collected solely for statistical purposes. Seriously, do I really have to answer and return the american community survey? I am a 64 year old woman, living alone. The 2022 Economic Census is happening now. She left. And finally, to the person who looked up the Census rep's name then mentioned her husband had called and wanted her to stop at the store so she looked at him in shock? If you are thinking about filling this out, don't! She said she would mark me as "refusing" and I said fine and hung up. I did respond to the regular census and regret answering all of those questions. She said OK, left and then returned again within five minutes, saying it was her job to help me fill it out. On average, they would prefer to do so half of the time. Why am I in the unlucky 2.5%? Thank Gosh, I documented every call and person I spoke with. Your participation is critical, and your response to the 2020 Census cannot replace your answers to these surveys. Enumeration. Well, after many different phone calls, starting with the one on the census form, I still do not have an address to where to send the $100. That is what I've allowed them to do. They have came to my door unannounced on many occations. Unfortunately, the guy probably already knew the answers to some of the questions. I took the job because it pays really well. And if said "enumerator" doesn't like it, tough! LOL. She said she must have my name, home address which I gave. We are getting a camera for the outside of our home this week, so we will be ready. I am literally getting up to six phone calls a day, mass mailings, and mass e-mails. Different people call at all hours and they block the name and number. To find more information about other surveys we conduct, please visit the Census Bureaus list of surveys or contact the Census Bureau Contact Center to speak with a representative who can assist you. 1 To provide current information about employer-sponsored health . The name of a Census Bureau survey is provided in one or more of the following ways: Your household or business may be selected to participate in a survey. She then said "so you are refusing". i wish i still had my camcorder so i could do like the person said. I started researching and am grateful for the advice by others here and on other sites. anon10731 is obviously a census worker!!!!!! She stated that they lost it. 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. The assertion by census workers that there is a simple fine of $5,000.00 for not providing the info is total crap! Glad I found this thread! And I did so right away. I have contacted the media (Fox News), but no one seems to be covering this. This second survey is going right in the burner. I filed my taxes, all the information they feel they need to know is there. At the time of the survey . These people can often stop this kind of activity. Get over yourselves! For information on a specific survey, please visit the surveys webpage. The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct., The power to make laws concerning the Census is restricted to the actual enumeration.. Last night (Monday) he showed up at 7:30. Daily calls (five or six) two invasive questionnaires mailed, and now intimidating and threatening phone calls. After the first couple of letters I received I started getting harassing phone calls from them. I am so glad I found this website. And you just know that if I answer a survey about college, they will just send me another next year and keep tracking me. I just get to pay more taxes for their tax free gain and it just is not fair. How to confirm the person visiting your address is a legitimate Census Bureau employee or whether the contact you received was from the Census Bureau. We do not share your information with anyone, including other federal agencies, and do not publish any information about individual households or businesses. If you have an account, you can also sign in and go to My Account, then scroll down to Emails and Newsletters. While I also oppose the Census form being sent out, -anon70698, the number of representatives and taxes will be determined by the number of people in the area is what Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 of the United States Constitution is about. Recipients of the American Community Survey are told several times that the information given is necessary for the operation of our government, is very secure and is kept private. She said she would mark me down as 'refused' If someone actually shows up I am going to take control of the interview and video my demand that they leave and not come back, and their response. Housing 19b. We randomly sample addresses in every state, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. It is just easier for them to get it this way. Your household or business may be selected to participate in a survey. Just answer those ten questions, and get on with your life! I gave only the necessary information for an actual enumeration of my household. Sad, but I simply do not trust the government anymore. It is not the same people each time - many different ones wondering around. Remember, they work for you, not the other way around. Respondent Advocate public information one dear government lady actually said she did have. The sure possession of those alone who who have the courage to defend it. harassing people against. 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