Dear Resident:Do you see anything strange in the Census Bureaus remarks? Yeah, that's right - no mention of the two legitimate purposes for the census, as explicitly instructed in the Constitution.
About one week from now, you will receive a 2010 Census form in the mail. When you receive your form, please fill it out and mail it in promptly.
Your response is important. Results from the 2010 Census will be used to help each community get its fair share of government funds for highways, schools, health facilities, and many other programs you and your neighbors need. Without a complete, accurate census, your community may not receive its fair share.
Instead, we are warned that if we do not prepare our form accurately, we will not receive our fair share of government funds. Funny, I wasn't looking for any government funds. I was looking for government to do its job, obey the law (Art. I, Sec. 2, Cl. 3 and amendment XIV, Sec. 2), and stay the heck out of my life.
Art. I, Sec. 2, Cl. 3Now that's pretty simple. Perform a headcount every 10 years for the purpose of distributing congressional seats and tax bills among the states in proportion to the population in each. Period. No mention of highways, schools, hospitals, or other unnamed programs needed by you and your neighbors. No mention of the importance of age, sex, occupation, income, length of daily commute, your name, or your ethnicity.
"Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this Union, according to their respective numbers... [T]he 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..."
What to do? Do whatever your conscience dictates. Mine says, "Hey Uncle, don't waste (print) any more money prying into my life." I'll just be entering a single digit number equal to the number of inhabitants in my home, and nothing else.
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