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. I clearly refused the first polite guy who called and then more firmly refused the stern woman who called next. Seriously, do I really have to answer and return the american community survey? If someone knows where in the constitution it states this, please share. A: The ACS is not sent to all households. You are! I would personally love to sit and watch hours of this kind of stuff. Unfortunately, the second time my husband gave in, as he felt we would get fined and was tired of the threats. Life lived in paranoia and bitterness is not worth living.
American Community Survey - Wikipedia I never thought at age 47 that I would ever see our country go this far the the left. A month later I received the ACS questionnaire, and coincidentally(? (The car had to pass my house to get to the neighbors.) DP03 SELECTED ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS. 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. Just had our 10th home visit from census people! Millions of dollars wasted! The guy at FEMA said he needed my closing statement-I had sent that in but removed all the dollar amounts as that was none of their business. Nobody has ever been fined for refusing to cooperate with any Census request, even the 10 year short form. or is any mention of if just more scare tactics to make us submit to this invasion of our lives?
Racial/Ethnic Differences in COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy Among - JAMA When we allow them to manipulate us, we turn into "sheeple.". About one month later I received a phone call from a supervisor. Washington and California residents have filed a proposed class action in which they object to being asked to participate in the American Community Survey, which enquires about certain demographic details more specific than those central to the decennial Census. Let freedom ring! I asked who he was and he attempted to open the screen door. Any thoughts? He was asking questions about me and my wife! Nevertheless, fines and legal action are technically possible.
Look for the Official Census Survey and Avoid Fraud - AARP Apparently the obnoxious butt head pounding repeatedly on my door at 10:00 AM (I work at night) was a census worker. And if there isn't a law protecting these rights, then we need someone to make it happen! I'm planning on returning it blank, with a letter stating the reason for not complying is the OMB# expiration. Unless an individual has been charged and convicted of some criminal offense connected to the Census and the crime falls within section 3559, this $5,000.00 fine does not apply. I don't want abuse from anyone, least of all from those who were once subject to the people and who now act as if they are the elite. I got no answer. As said by Mr. Justice Field in Re Pacific Ry. And nowhere in the Library of Congress has any bill ever given them the right to fine you. The data bank, like any data bank, runs the risk of being hacked or accessed by dishonest parties.
PDF [From the ACS recipient to the Census Bureau] John H. Thompson So glad I found this site. But they oppose the highly detailed and personal information demanded in the American Community Survey and have refused to answer it. I told them they were barking up the wrong tree and they need to follow the U.S. Now they called again and wanted to ask these questions over the phone. Stonewall them out. [34] http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2015/04/will-kinder-gentler-census-survey-placate-congressional-foes. I hope you folks do not live in my county or state. However, we will make it quite clear we will accept the risk and continue to take this stand. Make your own mind up as to what your world should be -- it's that simple. Access American Community Survey data on the Census Bureau's new platform, data.census.gov. Wrong. Anyone out there actually worked for this part of the Census with accurate info? This BS is incredible. My caller id usually reads 'unavailable' or 'out of area'. I immediately informed him that on the advice of counsel I was refusing the survey. I guess the fear that they may be prosecuted for trespassing on private property wasn't worth the questionnaire. 7) Get the left wing indoctrination crew out of our education systems. My blood pressure is through the roof right now after reading this survey. After reading the notes on this site, I decided - ACSdestination, shredder. God bless you for creating this site! During such calls the survey taker reminds the resident that compliance with the ACS is mandatory. One of the three enumerators did canvass my neighbors and got hold of one of them, who tried to call me and advised the census people were looking for me (I did not return the voicemail). If a citizen doesn't comply with the ACS after a period of weeks, Census Bureau guidelines instruct enumerators to stop calling the resident. Read the Constitution. She informed me if I did not answer her questions, eventually the county sheriff would come. I had the misfortune of getting an ACS survey a few years ago.
3 US airlines will let some passengers banned for mask violations back That's all it is. I don't even tell my grown kids this much information. Would you believe they just called again? What kind of people do you have working for you? Where does the boundary lie with these obsessive idiots? It is confined to determining the number of Representatives [in the House] and imposing direct Taxes among the several States. You have no idea. My 89 year old mother was scared out of her wits after answering some questions, thinking she gave too much information and didn't even know who they were. Be sure to document any interactions you have with Bureau representatives for your own files. Thank you, Poster 188. Finally, the last enumerator knocked one more time, then took away the last notice, which I decided to leave there. And how do they fine/prosecute a person if "answers" cannot be used in court or obtained by law enforcement?
Are Black Americans being locked out of the American dream of On 22 September 2006, the American Broadcast Company (ABC) reported that, since 2003, the Census Bureau lost or reported stolen over 200 laptops and numerous handheld and portable data devices used by survey collectors.
Saying no to the U.S. Census By the time the phone calls started I had researched the ACS and knew what the game was and that the threat of fines was bogus. He told the guy to just make something up. Why am I being asked what my age and birthdate are? They even sent me a Federal Express package telling me how important the information they still wanted to collect was. State citizens can help in this process by refusing to cooperate with federal demands (all of them). answers to this "anonymous" survey, my information would necessarily be identifiable, perhaps through my address, for at least some period of time. The census collectors or enumerators can ask for some sensitive and detailed information, such as salary or income. It also asked for the full names, DOB, SS# of all person including children. Housing 16. 2019 American Community Survey (ACS) Census region x Metro/Non-metro 2020 CPS March Supplement Volunteerism 2021 American Trends Panel Annual Profile Survey/2019 CPS Volunteering & Civic Life Supplement . Do not give them your info! Good for Michele Bachmann for saying she wasn't filling this out. Eventually, a Census Bureau worker begins calling the home in an effort to elicit answers. Remember, they work for you, not the other way around. Survey/Program: American Community Survey. this person got in the building somehow! From reading here, it looks like disclosing phone numbers is just an additional way of eventually breaking you down. You can find the ACS forms on the Census web site under ACS. Don't believe that the government does not already know exactly where that money is needed. Filled out the short form months ago. The information that they collect will be used against us in our most crucial moments. Measuring America's People, Places, and Economy. It's not good politics. Your response is required by law. I will not answer and/or return this form in spite of threats of fine, imprisonment or court appearance regardless of where the threat comes from. In the end, the Census Bureau has the legal authority to conduct the survey and legally has the option of imposing fines for non-compliance. Yes we find the government annoying, but we could turn things around to our advantage and make things fun. I am a prisoner in my own home. The calls started today. Somehow big brother got out phone number (it's unlisted) and started calling, and we blocked him. TheAmerican Community Survey(ACS) helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. Then I asked the census taker her birth date, and I again got no answer. It is not the same people each time - many different ones wondering around. Relentless! Hard to believe they did not receive it or they lost it. In an age when the government has significant technological resources at its disposal to not only carry out warrantless surveillance on American citizens but also to harvest and mine that data for its own dubious purposes, whether it be crime-mapping or profiling based on race or religion, the potential for abuse is grave. Kilbourn v. Thompson, 103 U.S. 168, 190. Again, the the next morning, he left papers in my door that were printed off the internet about why the census is important. [25] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/Sex.pdf. Now who you work for, when you go to work, how much you make; is all stored in a government database. 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. Don't touch them and if they do touch you, even slightly, fall down and don't get up until an ambulance arrives. Get your head out of the clouds and step into reality. According to the letter, responses to the "American Community Survey" help communities to decide where important services are needed, including improving roads and reducing traffic, building. I said that I still respectfully declined the survey. "Freedom is the sure possession of those alone who who have the courage to defend it." ), vacated sub nom. I walked over to my neighbors later that evening and they told me that she did not come by to see them, but she was very persistent about getting the birth dates, ages, place of employment, phone numbers. I gave only the necessary information for an actual enumeration of my household. I'm a stay-at-home Momma with a toddler daughter. Year: 2021. The Census Bureau does not hire temporary workers to collect data for the American Community Survey. I told her I wasn't calling anybody. Attempting to use scare tactics to get personal information - nice. Why am I in the unlucky 2.5%? She informed me that I only had to answer a few questions, and could she come in? Browse our collection of stories and more. 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). It has been more than 40 years since that was done and they do not want any court case to be brought up that can challenge the constitutionality of their threats. [21] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/WorkStatus.pdf. If they are "anonymous" why do they need my name, telephone number and race? Some hypothesize that the Census Bureau will not take legal action against, or pursue fines for, noncompliance with the ACS because doing so would likely attract much negative media attention. As a current enumerator I'd like to say thanks to the great majority of people who have courteously answered census questions. I think when they show up at my door, I will tell them I am house sitting for the owners who are out of town for the next six months. Once on Saturday, once on Wednesday, three times yesterday, and so far once today. If you had a wife who had been sexually assaulted, would you want the time you left for and came home from work circulated? I see no reason to comply. 5) Arrest criminals from Acorn and stop our tax dollars from funding Acorn and other criminal organizations like them. This person has stopped to "chat" with the neighbors, asking who lives in our home, how many people, what their names are, what our schedules are. Person 30. Especially after reading the comments on this page. Wow! A: If you receive notice that you have been targeted to respond to the ACS and you desire to assert your right of privacy, you can voice those objections and your intent not to respond to the ACS by writing a letter to the Census Bureau. It's unbelievable that they have the right to do this, on principle alone, I will not. Since direct taxes must be apportioned based on population, an enumeration is needed to determine the percentage of tax for each state. More money from the government for that extra lane of highway to make my commute faster. I did call the police on them. I have contacted all of my federal and state Representatives and it is time they passed a census privacy act.
'Useful' Idiots and the American Community Survey We are so far from what our forefathers prayerfully constructed as a government that it will take a real miracle from heaven for a national revival now. She noticed that I was very irritated and told me that she just needs the number of people who live here and ages. We already did our duty and answered the regular census. EXCLUDE State operated juvenile residential facilities. I am a 64 year old woman, living alone. I did not receive the additional questionnaire. The US Census Bureau says it's an essential tool in collecting relevant and timely data in order to understand and finance local needs for things like roads and schools. This all happened while I was watching from my porch. They again called a few days ago and I answered. I have a five year old. P.S. Polite, firm, refusal.
PDF In Defense of The American Community Survey Michael Lewyn The census is unconstitutional - read the enumerations - and the amendments already cited. Other articles have slanted this to be a case of "men marrying into money. You cannot be fined or worse for not filling out the survey. do i have right to due process? The visits stopped, and I never heard from them again.
PDF The American Community Survey - Esri I don't want to fill out ACS american community survey. Do I They are not! Finally, she said I am not answering anymore questions and they left her alone. What you say is true. I am a retired airline captain and a former captain in the U.S.A.F. I wonder how many of those opposing census questions will annually volunteer much more private information and their personal wealth to a real evil unconstitutional organization - the IRS. What they dont tell you is that the information is available to a long list of private corporation, research agencies and think tanks, who use the information to justify and pursue their own agendas. We aren't answering these questions for anyone unless they show up and arrest me and a judge makes me do it in court. EXCLUDE incidents involving juveniles or youthful offenders held in facilities operated by your State juvenile system. She finally walked away but now I am sleepless as a result of this because I am not certain as to what will happen next. I ignored her as I was outside with my kids. I let her know that I understood their game and wasn't going to play, and she said she would record me as a refusal. My wife and I were not home at the time the census work stopped by. Well, I wonder what he's thinking now. 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. It came from data mining by the Pew Research Center. [10] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/JourneytoWork.pdf. View All 26 Products. This data is critical for government programs, policies, and decision-making. Ive requested that you respect my privacy once, in writing, in the note I returned with your survey. 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. He had to come through a closed gate. A sympathizer to the Census said it was to help the government to function. Now, I want to know how we go about suing these senseless census idiots! Why am I being asked for my name? When a citizen does not answer the ACS within 30 days, a second ACS form is automatically mailed. No need to respond to the intrusive survey. My high school son came home and read the questions and his first response was "this is communist." I feel that a class action lawsuit should be started. a race is a competition with winners and losers being monitored by individuals who are not in the running. so i will protect myself and my privacy and never give in just for the fact its my right!!!!!!!!! Read our Newswire Disclaimer. Anyone else with other info/advice is politely requested to add their two cents. Maybe you'll get a new hospital! We did not return the census, and received continuous letters and threats. Sign up for ClassAction.orgs free weekly newsletterhere. I told her I wasn't interested. Methodology Statement: 2015-2019 American Community Survey MARCH 2021 6 with populations greater than 65,000) requires a 12-month sample. The American Community Survey (ACS) helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. * Compared to other measured TV manufacturers in the 2022 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey of customers. D. oes anyone understand what is involved in managing 300 million people spread out over an entire continent, each thinking all that matters is their individual needs? Avoiding them will not really be possible since we have a houseful of teenagers who will most likely keep answering the door. Overall, the lawsuit says that [n]othing in these statutes gives Defendants the authority to compel Plaintiffs to speak when Plaintiffs invoke their First Amendment right to refrain from speaking by refusing to answer the American Community Survey.. and these so called representatives. Now the latest. Post Office Box 7482 They never say that they are going to fine you. I am proud to be an American, but not very proud of our government. You have a file and they are trying to use changes in your life situation to justify government programs. Like its children it seems it wants us to be happy and being so it has empowered us to live our dreams freely, Know you are worth it, see it and feel it and it will be. So, I tore off the page with my address on it and shredded it, and then I tossed the rest of the survey into the garbage. I told him that was fine. 12286: Don't worry, and don't respond. That is what I've allowed them to do. I asked her if she had gotten a statement from my mortgage company-a release- and she found it and sent the refund. We keep refusing them and they keep threatening us. The biggest, the American Community Survey (ACS), is sent annually to more than 3.5 million randomly selected homes to gather population, economic, housing and other data that helps determine how hundreds of billions of dollars in state and federal money is distributed. I noticed a car pull up to my neighbor's house. 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. What are you all so worried about? I said, what makes you think I'm going to turn over my personal information to a total stranger knocking on my door. If the IRS has no info on you, you're illegal anyway. Although I suspect it's really only one or two of you. [17], The survey combines these intrusive questions with highly detailed inquiries about your financial affairs. Do i have a Fifth amendment right not to incriminate myself? Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $675 billion in federal and state funds are dis Continue Reading MA Pennell 1121-0292: Approval Expires 09/30/2021. Amazing. Maybe that is why only one out of every 480 people receive it. He first announced the effect on Congressional districts based on the Population shifts from the Northeast to the South and Southwest. Was the government going to send us all birthday presents when they came around? I filled out the decennial census. this census is complete crap and an invasion of my rights a a citizen. The plan to use lap tops to do the door to door counts for non-respondents has already been junked. It seems to me that *all* the information they need and want should be available to them from our 1040's. I stupidly started filling out my ACS before I learned of this. And you all sound sober and mature, not the lunatic fringe at all. I said I may have the second one, but discarded the first as a scam attempt. I have therefore included both Article 1 section 2 of the US Constitution, and the US Supreme courts decisions in upholding the right to privacy. We are still Americans and do not need to share personal information against our will. And then I get this BS from a government agency? I just hope one of them won't be on my 'case.'. Seemed like they try to collect more info than they need but will give in if you call them on their crime. How many of our signers of the Declaration of Independence would fill out and sign THIS ACS form? One concern with the collection of such private information, especially financial information, is that ACS information could be compared to information provided to the Internal Revenue Service on tax returns.