Our tax dollars at work

[Lady's Human]

^^ in the sample ones, do they include a return envelope and all that jazz, too? I swear it was the US Census that I filled out.

Yeppers, that they do. Big envelope, barely fits the forms?

Yup I got one of those letters too.. I thought the same thing of what a waste of money & more dead trees for making the paper.. Now what gets me is each town & state will pay at the least $10.40 a Hour & up to $17.00 a Hour for a person to go to the houses that do not send a Census Form in to get them to do it.. Now I guess the goverment pays for that too..

In a rare case of Congress sorta kinda following the Constitution, the census is a requirement. The census sorts out how the Congressional representation is set up. It's a basic function of government.

[Puckstop31]

In a rare case of Congress sorta kinda following the Constitution, the census is a requirement. The census sorts out how the Congressional representation is set up. It's a basic function of government.

Article 1, Section 2 requires Congress (so why is Rahm Emanual's office directing it this time?) to make an enumeration for purposes of representation. Knowing this, why did that letter talk about "getting your fair share"? A bit misleading, eh? How many people might 'fudge' the numbers to get more of "their fair share"?

[Cinder & Smoke]

{?? Was a return envelope provided with the "sample forms"??}

Yeppers, that they do.
Big envelope, barely fits the forms?

WHAT on EARTH will they do with the returned "SAMPLE Forms"????

>>shakes head<< ... >confirms rattling sounds<

I swear I'm gonna count the FurKids!

[RedHedd]

I understand some scammers have been sending out bogus Census forms too. I got my real one last week - after getting the "the Census is coming! The Census is Coming!" letter AND a separate postcard.

[Freedom]

After you et the census form, you then get a notice reminding you that you got it nad need to complete it and return it.

Yep, I got the card telling me it was coming; the form itself; and the reminder to mail it in!

I had already done it and sent it back, BTW.