28-01-2010, 06:00 AM
(This post was last modified: 28-01-2010, 06:11 AM by Peter Lemkin.)
I wonder how they will count me [I'm American, but live in Europe], so doubt they will....in fact sure they will not.
I was a census worker many years ago, so know what a joke it is. I forget all the details, but remember the general sense of a big joke among census workers. If after multiple tries to a home no one responded or they refused information we were supposed to follow certain very odd procedures to estimate the number and age, etc. of the 'persons' there....when we had NO idea. To save endless returns, some census workers 'divined' the answers themselves. I know for a fact that homeless, those living in cars, those living camping those living on someone else's couch or in their garage, living in hotels, etc. [and this aggregate number is huge despite the big lie they are a minor %] are NOT counted. Not counted are homes [and their occupants] difficult for census takers to get to in mountains or rural areas, deserts, etc. It was a joke and only had some validity in wealthy to middle-class city or suburban areas. When asking a persons ethnic affiliation, I found people both telling untruths and confused - as the group they felt applied was not on the list. Many also obviously lied about income and other factors. The whole thing was/is a joke. It might now also be used as a means of spying on everyone - I don't know - but given the current 'regime' wouldn't be surprised. Minorities are under-represented, as are the poor, and homeless almost completely. Illegals find it a terror, and well should.
I was a census worker many years ago, so know what a joke it is. I forget all the details, but remember the general sense of a big joke among census workers. If after multiple tries to a home no one responded or they refused information we were supposed to follow certain very odd procedures to estimate the number and age, etc. of the 'persons' there....when we had NO idea. To save endless returns, some census workers 'divined' the answers themselves. I know for a fact that homeless, those living in cars, those living camping those living on someone else's couch or in their garage, living in hotels, etc. [and this aggregate number is huge despite the big lie they are a minor %] are NOT counted. Not counted are homes [and their occupants] difficult for census takers to get to in mountains or rural areas, deserts, etc. It was a joke and only had some validity in wealthy to middle-class city or suburban areas. When asking a persons ethnic affiliation, I found people both telling untruths and confused - as the group they felt applied was not on the list. Many also obviously lied about income and other factors. The whole thing was/is a joke. It might now also be used as a means of spying on everyone - I don't know - but given the current 'regime' wouldn't be surprised. Minorities are under-represented, as are the poor, and homeless almost completely. Illegals find it a terror, and well should.
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"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass
"Civil disobedience is not our problem. Our problem is civil obedience! People are obedient in the face of poverty, starvation, stupidity, war, and cruelty. Our problem is that grand thieves are running the country. That's our problem!" - Howard Zinn
"If there is no struggle there is no progress. Power concedes nothing without a demand. It never did and never will" - Frederick Douglass