I like the idea of video taping them and guess I will charge up the old video camera. mandatory. Read our FAQs or call us for more help with the survey. She returned the following day. Please, that's where this money is going in there pockets. I threw them off my property. You are not the property of business or governments you are continually the result of your feelings. Read more here: Camp Lejeune Lawsuit Claims. This is how those rich people are rich, those "powerful" people are "powerful", and those happy people are happy. The census person came back by a week later. I have called the local census office for our area and filed a complaint. No one has been fined for failure to comply, and no one ever will be. Now, Bob and Joan Rapier say their. I didn't hear from them for about two weeks. IE: IRS, DOT, Labor and Industry. But my favorite is if anyone in my house has difficulty concentrating, remembering things or making decisions, or difficulty dressing or bathing. He asked if I would consent to a phone survey and I could decline from answering any questions I thought were too personal or intrusive. I thought the purpose of census was for representation purposes. Then you want to threaten with fines? My blood pressure is through the roof right now after reading this survey. First, it may get lost or stolen and second, you don't know who these people are that you are giving it to. But I will not tell you when I leave for work and about the medical condition of my relatives. Ridiculous. And the big 2010 census is coming and they can't have ANY negative publicity. Anyway he proceed to stretch as much as he could so he could look into my living room. Got angry and physical with me (not a lot, just a shove as I tried to take back the Public Servant Questionnaire he wouldn't fill out.). I feel like that in itself is an invasion of my privacy. or is any mention of if just more scare tactics to make us submit to this invasion of our lives? Well, for all who are posting to this blog saying it is our civic duty, that its just a few questions on the census, that we should just go ahead and answer the questions, let me say this: this is not a census. That didn't stop the harassment, visits leaving notes while I was at work, or conversations asking my neighbors questions about me like I was some criminal or something. When I did return it, I left off my personal business. Comparing the American Community Survey to the American Housing Survey. They have done a great job keeping businesses from behaving unethically, unsafely, and preventing them from attaining wealth at the cost of human life - whether from unfair wages and industrial practices or from the mass-physiological effects (brainwashing) of citizens from the huge-budget video/audio buy-buy-buy television addiction machine, or from the shortening of each human life and the human race entirely that is the natural result of reallocating, changing, destroying natural resources to produce worthless tidbits of crap (no matter how "convenient or interesting or entertaining it may seem in the end it is crap and it won't make you happy or more lovable or life more simple or whatever their marketing department's angle is -- it is just crap that is killing all of us and wasting all those workers' lives). I am so glad to once again stand up for my individual rights. Alternatively, those who returned the survey partially completed and communicated with the Census Bureau agents generally received more contacts. How many of our signers of the Declaration of Independence would fill out and sign THIS ACS form? Sorry, but you are really just not important enough for them to worry about, certainly not as much as you are obviously worrying about them. This workshop will demonstrate through hands-on exercises on how to access data using the Census Bureau tools for short and long-term Community planning. One fact I see missing is that they say you are cheating you state and city out of government funds (our tax dollars). The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses. 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? 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. The last time I looked, American's had the right to privacy. What time do I leave for work, -26:00 in the afternoon. The calls stopped and no one ever visited. I upgraded my cell phone to one that I can take video with and that has a large memory. Here's how you know ( Data.census.gov will be unavailable due to scheduled maintenance from 6am to 10am EST on Saturday, 3/4/2023. It has been done since 1790, and is mandated by the Constitution. For instance, the ACS asks about the acreage of your property and any agricultural sales from the property,[7] your ancestry,[8] your citizenship status,[9] your daily commute (including when your leave home and how long it takes to get to work),[10] the computing devices you own,[11] the fertility of women in the household,[12] the fuel used to heat your house,[13] the number of rooms in your house,[14] and the year in which your house was built. Seriously, do I really have to answer and return the american community survey? Just hang tough and they will eventually leave you alone. "; or "How many fingers does Mickey Mouse have?". I received two surveys. I received the ACS form yesterday and read it through just to see the questions. If they aren't getting anything from my house and they've canvassed my six neighbors twice (actually talking to four of them). I filled out the Census form this year and still, someone came to our door. It doesn't do any good to argue with the census taker. Great. Poster 235 is on to something: maybe my neighborhood can get a new school, a new hospital, and a new fire station. Then they came to my door while I was out of town and left me a note with their name and number. (434) 978-3888 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. We said in Boyd v. U.S., 116 U. S. 616, 630, 6 Sup. Thomas Jefferson. Fine, sue me, I dare you, but stop holding me hostage in my home. With a president and congress that constantly lie about everything, how do they expect me to believe that the information on the Census form is truly confidential? I see a lot of people have more courage than me. At the moment, I am pretty furious with the current political band of thieves and third world dictators "wannabes" in power. [28] http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/is-my-privacy-protected.html. I just sent the supervisor who knocked on my door packing! Eventually, a Census Bureau worker begins calling the home in an effort to elicit answers. You are! However, the gap between homeownership rates not only persists, but has grown. As a result, Congressional districts will need to be redrawn. So hesitantly, I began to fill it out. Somewhere in the process we got some messages on the answering machine asking us to call their 800 number and refer to our "case number." The government is over stepping it's boundaries with such personal questions. I immediately informed him that on the advice of counsel I was refusing the survey. By the way, the is a new grassroots site that is just starting called Town Roots. If the government really wants to know your personal stuff, well they don't need the few benign questions answered to find you. Keep up the good fight! Instead of hiring mindless sheep to bother busy, honest, hard working people, the government can hire people to scour the internet for this "readily available information". With identity theft on the rise, many are concerned. I was just contacted by a representative for the Census Bureau at my home and asked to answer his questions. [23] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/Age.pdf. True Nazism at its finest. !Now I have to pay for temp workers who have my private info to sell overseas maybe???? [22] http://www.census.gov/acs/www/about/why-we-ask-each-question/. Now, do we all agree that harassing people is against the law??! Any thoughts? For instance, the ACS asks how many persons live in your home, along with their names and detailed information about them such as their relationship to you, marital status, race and their physical, mental and emotional problems, etc. Funny, we are required to get social security numbers at birth, but the social security administration will not protect that number. During such calls the survey taker reminds the resident that compliance with the ACS is mandatory. But it did. I hung up immediately and called the sheriff. It's sent out to about 3.5 million households. That this money is funding from the government, which makes it socialism. To those who say they can't publish anything like that, I have seen it. Enough is enough and get real. If I receive the same treatment again, I may consider filing a class action lawsuit. I just thought I would throw that out there! I insisted that the little brownshirt leave and go look in the mailroom because I was not going to do it over again-like I have nothing better to doshe said I was in BIG trouble because she could FORCE me to do it over. Departments. 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. The enumeration is *solely for the purposes of elected representative apportionment* I told her the ACS is a violation of the Constitution and I did not believe it would be used to "provide" me schools or hospitals or fire stations, but rather to spy on me. Got this survey in the mail and opened it and started reading the questions and couldn't believe it I was so pissed off, it's really none of their business. No visits yet. makes you wonder!!!???? Finally, the last enumerator knocked one more time, then took away the last notice, which I decided to leave there. I have not opened or returned them. After the first couple of letters I received I started getting harassing phone calls from them. If there was no response by the time we finished our list, we were to call again. i have nothing to hide but i shouldn't be forced to tell anyone anything and that's what makes me mad!!! Condos hire people inside the condo as census people. Then I whistled up the dogs who escorted him tenderly to his car. Our world leaders are puppets, and the puppet master is greed. It's been an easy decision for me. So far no challenges to our door visitors. I am a retired airline captain and a former captain in the U.S.A.F. I am standing firm this time. Please confirm. I'm too old and sick. 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.. [6] https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about.html. The majority of the survey questions were drawn from published surveys [13, 20, 21]. We were hired to call people who did not respond and we left messages on answering machines. They can't take my free will. Access American Community Survey data on the Census Bureau's new platform, data.census.gov. The $5,000.00 fines referenced in section 3571 are post conviction fines that only apply to an individual who has been charged and convicted of a crime defined in section 3559. The questionnaire also demands that you give other information on the people in your home, such as their educational levels, how many years of school were completed, what languages they speak and when they last worked at a job, among other things. Thetwo statutes at most give the Defendants the authority to conduct a post-census statistical adjustment to ensure the accuracy of the decennial Census, the suit argues. They came to my door at all hours. Two days later, I was standing on my porch. And if I choose to comply, the only information they will get from me would be the number of people living in my house. The harassment is ridiculous. Nobody has ever been fined for refusing to cooperate with any Census request, even the 10 year short form. And those people were gathered up and sent to internment camps. How much is the regular monthly mortgage payment on this property? I do not want to tell anyone personal info, much less someone who lives next door to me! Parents/caregivers and community members will be invited to take the survey between March 6-20. I do believe that the census information is mostly kept private though after a period of years or decades, it may become public. Do you think Cass Sunstein knowing how many people, of what age, have physical and emotional disabilities is for the benefit of your family? We already did our duty and answered the regular census. Happy Holidays. Good luck everyone! The virus was not developed as a biological weapon, and it probably wasn't genetically engineered. what the hell??? Thank you, wonderful conspiracy theorists for repeatedly posting erroneous information on here and showing everyone that you truly have no life. Really glad I found this site. She informed me that I only had to answer a few questions, and could she come in? I filled out the decennial census. He is a senior in high school and just finished studying the history of communism. Mind you, no return by date was given. I assume she was a supervisor. answers to this "anonymous" survey, my information would necessarily be identifiable, perhaps through my address, for at least some period of time. [31] https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/survey-is-mandatory.html. This is crazy -- why is this still going on and why aren't people doing something about it? Bunch of whiners who think the world revolves around their little lives and have paranoid conspiracy theories from watching too much TV. Dr. Richard Pan is an innovative, dynamic, mission-driven health care leader with over thirty-five years of experience in health policy and public health as pediatrician, educator and legislator. If anyone would love to start a case action in this matter feel free to get a hold of me. I can understand the desire to keep the information private. Methodology Statement: 2015-2019 American Community Survey MARCH 2021 6 with populations greater than 65,000) requires a 12-month sample. The employees of the Nazi Gestapo and Brownshirts said the same thing. It's called the "American Community Survey", and for some who've. The US government already has all the information they need on people who file their annual income tax. Well its going to get colder before I give them the info. That is how they get "past the guard". This has been going on for almost three months and has caused tremendous stress in our household. One recipient who did complete the survey but whose answers were misplaced by the Census Bureau wrote about his experience. I told him that was correct. This is proof that the government of the USA is anything but the servant that it was created to be. To be sure, the calls were incessant for a time -- anywhere from one to eight calls a day for about six to eight weeks perhaps. This government is OUT OF CONTROL! I just got my request from ACS today, late july 2010. The census cannot ask or get your social security number in any way and you can supply any name you want. give me liberty, or give you death as the old saying goes! Firm, clear refusal. Then I'll find a place to post it and tweet it to my 350+ followers. I told her I wasn't calling anybody. I'm sorry but this survey almost asks me how many times I pee in a day. In the case of direct taxes (a direct tax is a tax on property based on ownership), this provision requires Congress to apportion the tax among the individual States based on population. I have no problem filling out the main census form but not this BS. I said yes for about the third time and hung up. I have contacted The American Center For Law and Justice. They have no right to know. Also, someone please answer this question: How can the census determine how many illegals are in the US, when they don't pay taxes, use our social security numbers, etc.? I asked her if she had gotten a statement from my mortgage company-a release- and she found it and sent the refund. All this and I live on an Army installation! Are they too dense to realize that word just means "to count?". It ridiculously says that the form is to help know where to put roads, schools, etc. I then yelled at him to "beat it" - (since he could see me and it was obvious that I knew he was there.). I again said no. they will tell you its the law, but since when do we have to answer to the government who lives in our house and who they are related to and what time we go to work, what time to we return? They left before they arrived. Don't fill it out. Subscribe to GovDelivery email updates to stay up-to-date on the latest news and events about the American Community Survey. Unlike the 2020 Census, the American Community Survey is an annual survey, sent by the US Census Bureau to a sample of the population each month (approximately 3.5 million households annually).. Anytime you give out information, you can bet it gets compromised. These concern matters that the government simply has no business knowing, including questions relating to respondents bathing habits, home utility costs, fertility, marital history, work commute, mortgage, and health insurance, among others. When they ask for race, that's what gets me. My husband said he is going to start asking them the personal questions and leave it at that. Bring it on ACB enumeratorsgo ahead, make my day!! The Institutes mission is twofold: to provide legal services in the defense of civil liberties and to educate the public on important issues affecting their constitutional freedoms. Now there was the random insanely long, for one out of four, which I think is totally unfair. Then two weeks later a reminder to fill it out. I got the ACS forms and I am scared to be fined. Instead of counting the entire population once a decade like the census, the ACS surveys a sample of the population (about 3.5 million addresses) every year to create statistics for the nation, states and communities down to the "tract" or neighborhood level. 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. Who knows what other "enemy" nations also have it. I may answer the door this time, but my attitude is going to be that I won't allow this to cause me any more stress than deciding what toppings I want on my pizza. We need to take a stand and not put up with all the socialist crap the government wants us to do. Then the phone calls started. You get the picture. And the survey demands that you violate the privacy of others by supplying the names and addresses of your friends, relatives and employer. Clemons v. Dep't of Commerce, 562 U.S. 1105 (2010). As an employee of The U.S. Census Bureau,I too share privacy concerns,but I must say there's a tremendous amount of misinformation and paranoia here. Title OFFICIAL ADDRESS TELEPHONE Number City State ZIP Code FAX . American Community Survey. FCPS will be seeking input on the progress of this work via a survey for parents/caregivers and community members, and a feedback opportunity for staff. I told him that on the advice of my attorney I had shredded the form. I told her the story and said I didn't have time for this right now. Anyone who took the time to actually read the ACS and understand how sensitive this information is and how unsecured it actually is would join in the outrage and demand that it be given its proper burial in the grave of horrible bureaucratic policy. While the long form was administered once a decade to a sample of households receiving the universal short-form census, the ACS is an ongoing survey of 3.5 million addresses annually (295,000 homes/month). I will not comply. 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. 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. My husband and I now know what we will do when a rep shows up at our door. He presented me with an ACS envelope and said a "government guy" had come to school and was having random students fill them out. As a result of widespread concern and perhaps out of frustration with the survey, several websites have been set up to provide public forums for recipients of the ACS. But not so with us. 12286: Don't worry, and don't respond. She left, but will I be hearing from her again? They just look at you and say "Oh" and then walk away. Housing 19b. I contacted an attorney's office on my questions and objections to see if they were valid and what the legal interpretation was of the constitution and the US code. This city hasn't had its streets fixed in years and we always fill out the census. I asked who he was and he attempted to open the screen door. I told them I was not responding, and as I shut the door and walked away she stood on the porch and rang the bell, and since then it's all gone down hill. The SS Admin does not care. 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? Typically, the Census Bureau will telephone those who do not respond to the survey and may visit their homes to coerce the targets to respond. 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. The yahoos on the Hill will continue to usurp our rights. According to the Census Bureau, it randomly selects 3.5 million households each year as targets of the ACS. First time around it ended with phone calls and then they I was given a $25 gift card at the Home Depot. I refused to tell them financial info or how much I pay on a power bill. The American Community Survey is an offshoot of the census, but the ACS is done every year. Title 13 section 141, subsections (a) and (d) authorize surveys. Just slam the phone or door on them. Today's call is being recorded. And it would not fabricate stories in order to confiscate private information from the people it should be serving. Do not give them your info! 5.6K views 5 years ago The Wild Life #53 FULL EPISODE: Have you ever heard of the U.S. Census Bureau's "American Community Survey"? Why am I being asked what my age and birthdate are? [21] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/WorkStatus.pdf. There is an actual law on the books, but that law has never been applied. I have a right to not be harassed in my home. At what location did this person work last week? i feel like a jew in germany when these goons come knocking. I say, "I don't care who you are. I am just not going to answer any questions. You are a perfect example of why people should be outraged by the ACS. The Census Bureau provides guidelines that prevent harassment or late night calls, although some ACS recipients have complained of getting several calls a day. 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. I have yet to fill one out. I wish you luck. She then said "so you are refusing". The latest thing they are doing is having the postal carrier come to my door and have me sign a delivery confirmation. When we allow them to manipulate us, we turn into "sheeple.". City Manager; Commissioner of the Revenue I would never be pleasant with someone who intentionally makes a living trying to make my life unpleasant. I ordered him to leave and he said he would have to go get the sheriff and return. If threatened with a fine or even prison, I will say, "Bring it on!" First in a 2021 survey, support for hard authoritarianism is low, as only 9% of U.S. faculty were willing to support various dismissal campaigns and only 7-18%, depending on the issue, supported ousting a dissenting academic. I pay my taxes honestly, obey the laws of the land, don't speed, don't spit on the sidewalk and I will always open the door for a lady. Would you believe they just called again? The name of my employer, my wages for the previous year, the number of exemptions for my house, my social security numbers as well as those of my dependents, my marital status. Despite federal guarantees of increased funding, laws against not completing the questionaire and the Constitution clearly stating that every U.S. resident should be counted, both Census data and. I told her actually it's not. I received a phone call from the bureau asking me to read them the info because there were only two days left to respond. Let this letter be the third request that you respect my privacy and my requests. Secure .gov websites use HTTPS 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. We have received 3 demands from the Census Bureau. A mortgage deduction should indicate I own a house; a 1099 with either unemployment compensation or reported income would indicate whether I am unemployed or self-employed. The US Census Bureau makes it clear that the American Community Survey (ACS) is authorized under Sections 141 and 193 of Title 13 of the United States Code, and that compliance with the survey is legally mandatory. During the past year and especially with the current administration in D.C., I am so angry and distrustful of our government. I filled out my census. This is due to lack of security for any personal information you provide. It feels good to see so many of you willing to take a stand against this invasion of privacy.