EXCLUDE State operated juvenile residential facilities. Anyway he proceed to stretch as much as he could so he could look into my living room. Quite honestly, you are not that important. They left before they arrived. I am an american citizen and i will not be forced to give my personal information! ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. I am glad I found this site. we demand a trial by jury of our pears, but how many wiggle, squirm and lie every which way to get out of serving when it's their turn? The American Community Survey sends around a questionnaire with 40 different items, asking such things as whether a person is receiving disability benefits (number 16) and how many vehicles. But not so with us. Neither one of us filled it out, nor mailed it in. Camp Lejeune residents now have the opportunity to claim compensation for harm suffered from contaminated water. My advice based on our experience thus far -- and I am not a lawyer -- just ignore the calls to the best of your ability, and if you answer by accident, simply hang up without conversation. I now have multiple visits to my home every day, followed up by threatening calls with an hour of each. Beyond that, please cease and desist all further efforts to gather personal and private information about the members of my household, it will not be provided. There are even amendments to the amendments. There were laws in place to protect those people and they were not protected. Did not need the closing statement. If they harass you with phone calls change your number before they do the census and keep it unlisted. The visits stopped, and I never heard from them again. We need to take our country back. Thank you for being here. Complete this form and mail it back as soon as possible. S1901 INCOME IN THE PAST 12 MONTHS (IN 2021 INFLATION-ADJUSTED DOLLARS) View All 23 Products. The BIG 2010 census count is coming soon. But obviously they want to know everything about you. Unfortunately, the guy probably already knew the answers to some of the questions. And when I'm asked what my address is, I'll respond with, "I pay taxes, look it up.". Who has my info now? It's sent out to about 3.5 million households. I am appalled by the questions asked on the ACS! Subscribe. I hung up. I was willing to answer the survey at first - thinking it would just be a headcount but then I saw the rest of the questions. They haven't gone so far as to threaten, but I can sense that their tone is getting more firm. I am a tax paying, hard working citizen, who would die fighting for my country and my rights, but didn't our forefathers already settle this fight? Although no reports have surfaced of individuals actually being penalized for refusing to answer the survey, the potential fines that can be levied for refusing to participate in the ACS are staggering. When I mentioned the threat of a fine to the last caller she seemed horrified that I would accuse her of that and went out of the way to state that she didn't bring it up. Well, I wonder what he's thinking now. They are the ones making the money tax free - not me. Quid pro quo," then slam the door in their face. Their job is to get the form completed, that is all. We need to ban together and not cave in on this. 1 found this answer helpful | 0 lawyers agree | Voted as Most Helpful Helpful Unhelpful 2 comments Alice M. Cabrera Apr 15 -- The Census Bureau invites comments to OMB by May 16, 2022 on the three-year extension of the American Community Survey and the Puerto Rico Community Survey. Don't remember getting the long form but if I did, I would have tossed it unopened since I already did my duty filling out the census and mailing it in. (The car had to pass my house to get to the neighbors.) [5] Unlike the decennial census which is sent out every 10 years, the ACS is an ongoing survey that is sent out on a continuous basis by the Census Bureau.[6]. The majority of the survey questions were drawn from published surveys [13, 20, 21]. (Same woman who was no longer employed with the census). Now there was the random insanely long, for one out of four, which I think is totally unfair. Will we ever return to our freedoms? The law in Title 13 exists solely for the purpose of being able to print the treat on the forms and to use to intimidate scared grandmothers. By the way, the is a new grassroots site that is just starting called Town Roots. Condos hire people inside the condo as census people. I will not be giving some 18 year old pimple face unemployed moron my personal information. The census is satanic. What an imposing questionnaire! A week later, a woman came to my door and said they hadn't received my form. Wow! So that could scare you away from doing the census. Mind your own business. Optimize Your Non-Profit with Census Data. No need to respond to the intrusive survey. I am so thankful for this website! "I'm afraid my trees are eating the elephants, now." As a result, Congressional districts will need to be redrawn. Have you ever filed taxes? Logged onto survey; did not complete any items 2.1121 65 Never logged on (implicit refusal) 2.11 887 Survey completed after close of the field period 2.27 189 Completed interview but was removed for data quality 1 Screened out . I clearly refused the first polite guy who called and then more firmly refused the stern woman who called next. The following Q&A is provided as a resource to those who want to better understand their rights in respect to the ACS. Section (d) authorizes every 10 years starting 1985. A study published in 2021 by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law found that transgender people in the United States are more likely to be violently attacked than cisgender people. I have a nice little digital camera that makes high-definition video. Many Supreme Court cases revolve around the privacy that a legal US citizen has and honestly, how the Census Bureau thinks that these would even be accurate answers is a joke! [36] This same principle could apply to questions posed by ACS agents. no one here is related etc., etc. we need to stop fighting and come together, reminiscent of the black panthers and Raymond Washington. And if I choose to comply, the only information they will get from me would be the number of people living in my house. In order to do that people response is required. [13] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/HomeHeatingFuel.pdf. And if said "enumerator" doesn't like it, tough! And it is supposed to be maintained private otherwise the census worker can go to prison or be fined or both. We did not support and defend the Constitution for this crap. She informed me if I did not answer her questions, eventually the county sheriff would come. Uh, no. After reading the notes on this site, I decided - ACSdestination, shredder. A Census Bureau representative is quoted in this report as saying that the Bureau is really not in the business of prosecuting people who dont comply.[33] However, a refusal to answer the survey violates the letter of the law and a prosecution might be brought if the government decides to adopt a policy to do so. "the point that seems most lost here is that households chosen for ACS are just part of a statistical sample that is representative of the country as a whole". Outraged in Maryland. I ignored the phone when it rang. SSV-6. So glad I found this site. Throw the thing in the garbage, leave on your answering machine for a few weeks, and slam the door in the face of anyone who comes by. The states need to reassert their rights back from the federal government. I tried to assure her that this indeed was not a prank but she was too busy being rude and just kept talking, finally telling me to call my senator, which I did. However, the gap between homeownership rates not only persists, but has grown. Decennial Census. Got a phone call wanting the birth dates. If it was a problem, she then had my phone number; it wasn't blocked. Our government is abusive, tyrannical and murderous. Avoiding them will not really be possible since we have a houseful of teenagers who will most likely keep answering the door. "Popcorn? [4] The number of seats in the House of Representatives was established by Congress at 435 in 1911 and capped at that amount by Congress in 1929, although the number was temporarily increased to 437 in 1959 when Alaska and Hawaii were admitted to the Union. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS I received by first survey in early December and a second one just three weeks later. I got another call tonight, but was not here to take the call. Any illegal can purchase your number for any amount of money. My son answered the door, the guy announced who he was with. Do as you see fit. At this point, according to the Census Bureau, a non-respondent has a 21% chance of being personally visited by a survey taker. The survey taker shows up at the residence unannounced to request that the resident comply with the survey or otherwise face potential legal repercussions. The consumers argue in the complaint that although the defendants claim to have statutory authority to compel citizens to answer the survey, the authorization to collect information does not equate to the power to compel the production of information, especially when such information is not required for the ten-year Census. It's a land of the free OK but I ask everyday "for who??" I remember the paperwork that I signed, highlighted the fact that it was a temporary position with no benefits of any sort. Fight the power. The states collect the tax and turn the money over to the federal government. Is there anything I can do about this? My wife and I are not answering this. After the first couple of letters I received I started getting harassing phone calls from them. What time did this person usually leave home to go to work last week? I was going to fill it out and check "race: other, American" but now I just don't even want to fill the dang thing out. !Now I have to pay for temp workers who have my private info to sell overseas maybe???? These people are trying to "do their jobs", but there are better ways to make a living, one that doesn't help enslave Americans even further with more "government help" and ultimately, taxation. 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. Have to love how the government pays people to harass you. That's when I lost my patience and said "Look pal, you're here to count people right. In other contexts, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that citizens have no obligation to answer questions posed by the government and are free to refuse to do so. Has anyone ever been fined or penalized for not complying? This United States Supreme Court case has never been overturned. The law does not say you have to answer their questions (so don't). To anon89810: I am all for taking action against them. Last night (Monday) he showed up at 7:30. Relentless! Person 18a. The American Community Survey (ACS) qualifies as a government program whose purpose, while seemingly benign, raises significant constitutional concerns. What you say is true. We already did our duty and answered the regular census. No one will email you or be peeping at you from the census. confinement or community-based facilities or staff. If they aren't getting anything from my house and they've canvassed my six neighbors twice (actually talking to four of them). Other articles have slanted this to be a case of "men marrying into money. Good luck everyone! Please post legal options for readers when census takers are sharing personal information with neighbors! I went through this myself and I read a Web forum that spanned several years with posters who had received the form, and what they had experienced. From original poster #188: I heard the head of the Census on NPR this morning. this stupid stupid government and all its crap we have been harassed over and over and over and today again. So today I found this census worker peeping tom at my windows, which face the back woods. I think that I will put this in the woodstove-just don't tell the EPA or they will be here to take away my woodstove. Where is the America I grew up in? If you don't care about america and freedom then you stand by and say nothing when you see tyranny, then congrats. Menu. I am looking into who passed legislation to approve this questionnaire. I told that I had already fulfilled my Constitutional duties as a citizen with my mailed-in short form, and then told her the ACS and her harassment of me in my home is unconstitutional. A: The Census Bureau states that information from this survey is used to assist a wide variety of entities, from federal, stateand local governments to private corporations, nonprofit organizations, researchersand public advocacy groups. So many people are in a snit just because the word "enumerator" makes them mad. I have now been visited six times already. During the past year and especially with the current administration in D.C., I am so angry and distrustful of our government.