Well its going to get colder before I give them the info. And I am not speaking in terms of Democrat or Republican affiliation the drug of power knows no party boundaries. There were laws in place to protect those people and they were not protected. The only one who seemed to do anything on it was Freedom Watch Judge Napolitano. Section a authorizes every 10 years starting April 1. The next day, a woman came to my gate and was asking me to fill out the form with her. Any thoughts? SSV-6. Currently, Oscar is a 7-year-old boy with ODD whose refusal behaviors have begun to be both verbally aggressive and physically violent. He said he'd have the "government guy" contact me the next day. It's all very true, and very real. Once at 6:11, 7:15, and then 8:05. She stated that the woman was no longer employed and asked if I could please give her the info. You keep referring to the Constitution's original language and writings but that's been beat back again and again over the course of the years. No way was I going to submit that kind of info. I since looked through the forms for the ACS on their site and it does ask far to much personal info. The most aggressive "ally" nation caught spying on the United States is Israel. I am so thankful for this website! We are entitled to "Quiet Enjoyment" of our homes. So, my husband filled it out with the lady standing at my front door. Your response is required by law. During the last survey I chose not to fill it out. [12] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/Fertility.pdf. First I didn't send the form back "as soon as possible". TheAmerican Community Survey(ACS) helps local officials, community leaders, and businesses understand the changes taking place in their communities. Learn the different ways to respond to the American Community Survey -- online, by phone, by email. 1 found this answer helpful | 0 lawyers agree | Voted as Most Helpful Helpful Unhelpful 2 comments Alice M. Cabrera I have received two of them so far in January 2010 and I am ignoring both. This survey is not some spur of the moment mandate by the current administration. I was really hoping she would stick around and argue with me some more, I was kind of of enjoying it because I knew there wasn't anything she could do. The Census Bureau can't issue a fine, they have to refer the case to the Dept. He asked if I was refusing to answer the survey. As long as there are enough people who didn't fill out the census? Survey/Program: American Community Survey. Poster 209: I believe that it is better to clearly refuse up front. United we stand divided we fall. [30] The Census Bureau also maintains that responding to the ACS is mandatory and that recipients are legally obligated to answer all questions.[31]. EXCLUDE incidents involving juveniles or youthful offenders held in facilities operated by your State juvenile system. Recipients of the American Community Survey are told several times that the information given is necessary for the operation of our government, is very secure and is kept private. Despite this request, my wife has subsequently been visited by an unannounced and uninvited representative of your Bureau, and I was later telephoned by him. Protect your privacy. I served my country in Vietnam. God bless you for creating this site! I thought Hitler was stopped. 1388. My first question is: which section authorizes ACS? He handed me the form which I took and threw in the fireplace, in his view, while he said they'll send more people out. The Founding Fathers wanted the power to stay with the people - but it took a revolution to secure it. Should be interesting to see if they ever follow up again. Name Number and street or P.O. All I can think of is that every time one of us gives in and allows this servant to go unchallenged, then they get bolder, prouder, and we get used to it and then we are eventually abused by them. LOL. Unbelievable that she is now spying on us. If it's not a big deal, then get rid of the census and don't tell me about funding- that's a load of crap! The law does not say you have to answer their questions (so don't). I took his form and tossed it into the wood stove. I just hope one of them won't be on my 'case.'. After they fill out the form, I seriously doubt they think about you ever again. Just say, "I respectfully decline." This is proof that the government of the USA is anything but the servant that it was created to be. Anytime you give out information, you can bet it gets compromised. I ignored all of this due to what I had been through. We refused to give information on the cell phone several times. Have you ever filed taxes? Who knows what other "enemy" nations also have it. They are just being bullies. And the Justice Dept is not going to spend time on this. After reading many of the earlier posts, I feel I am doing the right thing by not returning the survey. If I receive the same treatment again, I may consider filing a class action lawsuit. A locked padlock This "business" and "government" is not happiness. I received my acs form,filled it out and threw it in the garbage where it belongs. 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! More money from the government for that extra lane of highway to make my commute faster. Person 48. It is simply nobodys business. This questionnaire asked how we got the funds to open the business, and how much money we spent to start up operation! I am in the middle of this ACS thing now and refusing to answer. When neighbors gave them basic information, apparently the census taker then discussed the fact that they'd looked into tax records for "the residents of our home". I said that I still respectfully declined the survey. Q: What is the American Community Survey (ACS)? They DO go away. "The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides vital information on a yearly basis about our nation and its people. I heard I had to answer the questions or face a possible fine of $5000.00 so I answered the questions. I guess we'll just wait and see. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. And no one can say with a high degree of certainty whether the virus was the result of . Interesting. Then I asked the census taker her birth date, and I again got no answer. The Census Bureau boasts a 97% response rate to the survey via these methods,[34] but critics argue this constitutes harassment. Year: 2021. The census cannot ask or get your social security number in any way and you can supply any name you want. The court agreed with the defendants contention that courts have consistently considered unripe for review cases wherein there was no specific threat of enforcement or history of prosecution under the relevant statutes.. I was just contacted by a representative for the Census Bureau at my home and asked to answer his questions. do i have right to due process? then maybe somebody will get the hint that we don't want our lives invaded. the government was never constitutionally mandated to provide funds. ) or https:// means youve safely connected to the .gov website. After a couple of weeks of harassing phone calls and knocks on my door, I sent the following letter, after which the harassment finally stopped. Beyond principle, I work in the defense of our nation as a senior leader and have good reason to be concerned. The misinformation spewed from people here is laughable. Poster 188. "Isn't that enough?" I guess it's too simple, or full of common sense. Q: Does everyone in the United States receive the American Community Survey? If they come and announce who they are, I'll simply start yelling, "Non parlo Inglese! That is just crazy. My son answered the door, the guy announced who he was with. I told him that was fine. There are two adults and two children living at this residence. On Monday, a worker left a letter at my door advising he would return again. [35] Daniel Freedman, The Orwellian American Community Survey, The Weekly Standard, http://www.weeklystandard.com/article/431469. Plaintiffs declarations also do not support a finding they were subject to a genuine threat of imminent prosecution.. I suspect the caller will hang up and take you off the list. This was mailed to me approximately three months ago. When a citizen does not answer the ACS within 30 days, a second ACS form is automatically mailed. You fill it out and keep it moving- we don't want to. Empowered by Congress with greater powers to amass information about citizens, the Census Bureau introduced the ACS in 2005. so the census workers who say, "if you haven't done anything wrong, just answer," well, people who are doing wrong things don't care about america -- they work for the government. [24] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/Race.pdf. And how do they fine/prosecute a person if "answers" cannot be used in court or obtained by law enforcement? 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 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. This crap has been going on for almost a month now! 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. Before the second visit, I posted a 'no trespassing' sign at the bottom of the stairway leading up to my garage apartment. The plan to use lap tops to do the door to door counts for non-respondents has already been junked. I have not had the privilege yet of receiving the census form but I'm sure I will soon. With enough people, we can make a change. A sympathizer to the Census said it was to help the government to function. I would feel dirty if I accepted a job with the census. 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. I then hung up. There are even amendments to the amendments. Why doesn't the gov just sell us some cyanide instead of slowly picking away at our bones? Don't give in. I am young and strong and will not put up with this sort of thing. This is due to lack of security for any personal information you provide. I didnt think so. They do snoop around. [18] Furthermore, the questionnaire also demands that recipients provide information about their family and other people in their home, such as their educational levels, how many years of school were completed,[19] what languages they speak[20] and when they last worked at a job.[21]. Matthew J. Holian, "Data and the American Dream: Contemporary Social I don't even tell my grown kids this much information. As noted, the ACS seeks much more information than the number of persons in a household. I was hot and told her I have her number and I will call when I'm ready. I gave only the necessary information for an actual enumeration of my household. (We filled out and mailed our census form as soon as we received it.) This browser does not support PDFs. 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. www.rutherford.org. What I want to know for sure is: Can they make, force, and punish you for not filling out this thing? A Woodsboro couple is refusing to respond to a U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, saying the federal government's questionnaire is too invasive. ), vacated sub nom. 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? If one of these goons shows up at your door you should immediately get out your camera phone or camcorder and put it right in their face and turn it on. Please give that a shot, I'll find me a constitutional lawyer and challenge the constitutionality of this law, any survey or law attached and the constitutionality of this survey as well as the census survey. I'll pay the fine if I have to, but I'm not going to let them bully me into submitting to their scare tactics. Our government is abusive, tyrannical and murderous. The BIG 2010 census count is coming soon. I received the ACS invasion of privacy letter on my door yesterday. don't let them take our rights away even more than they already have. If people answer the survey maybe they will get the funding to have proper educational programs. The response given is not intended to create, nor does it create an ongoing duty to respond to questions. They just closed one of the best schools in the area, and nobody surveyed me to ask if I cared about that! [17] https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/about/qbyqfact/2016/Disability.pdf. Just because some bureaucrat says that U.S. Code, Title 13 makes the American Community Survey legal and enforceable, the test of time will surely prove that it is not. When they arrive on your property, order them off your property. In 2000 I placed a large sprinkler by my front door. * Compared to other measured TV manufacturers in the 2022 American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) survey of customers. When hell freezes over. Then we have to vote them out. Parents/caregivers and community members will be invited to take the survey between March 6-20. Thank Gosh, I documented every call and person I spoke with. It is against the law to solicit minors so therefore they do not have to be counted in the total. I included a note with the returned survey stating that I would continue to refuse to answer these additional questions as a matter of principle, and I requested that no phone calls or visits to my home be made by your agency. Get over yourselves! ", Where did this information come from and why is it on the news? She then said "so you are refusing". Thanks! And then I get this BS from a government agency? NO ONE EVER GETS IN TROUBLE for refusing to answer. Confidentiality? So be it. You don't want your personal information in some library, online or in an archives someday do you? However, the ACS wants to know what time my husband and I leave for work each day, our employer's address, our work location address (if different from our employer's) and if we commute via car, carpool or public transportation. Parent/Community Survey and Employee Feedback Opportunity I intend to scan the thing and email it to everyone I know, plus my congressman and senators. The Census Bureau claims that it has the right to impose a $5,000 fine for failure to fill out the American Community Survey, but online sources suggest that they have never actually ever used this "power" - possibly due to the lawsuit that might result. I demanded who he was for the third time and he said us census. Are we having a problem differentiating between the Census and the ACS? If Americans wish to be free of judicial tyranny, they must at least develop basic knowledge of the judicial role in our republican government. Poster 235 is on to something: maybe my neighborhood can get a new school, a new hospital, and a new fire station. all the government tries to say if they want you to do something is say "its the law" thinking people will run and do what they say. Ignore any paperwork they send you, hang up if they call you, demand they leave your property if they come to your home. IE: IRS, DOT, Labor and Industry. I don't feel they need to know all the crap they are asking. Other than that, the sky is the limit. I am glad I am not the only one who tossed the thing in the garbage. I've received two of these obscene forms and I do not to answer any of the questions printed thereon. The reason she looked at you in shock is because her husband didn't know she was there - she'd be fired on the spot and fined if she told her husband that. They just look at you and say "Oh" and then walk away. These vermin can pound sand. Therefore, if a person representing a two-person household refused to fill out any questions or simply answered nonsensically, the total fines could range from upwards of $10,000 and $50,000 for noncompliance. Learn about two important Census Bureau surveys covering housing data, the American Community Survey (ACS) and the American Housing Survey (AHS). They came to my door at all hours. First time around it ended with phone calls and then they I was given a $25 gift card at the Home Depot. At that point I stepped in and said goodbye. 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 also, as many of you, returned my census form (as I should and as the Constitution requires) but this has gone so far over the line that it's ridiculous. I have little doubt that the ACS data is already in Israel's possession. The efforts to secure a response to ACS seem fairly on the mark, but 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. I have contacted the media (Fox News), but no one seems to be covering this. I not only told them that I sent it in, but added that if I received another call, I would report it as harassment, and hung up immediately. I stupidly started filling out my ACS before I learned of this. I don't believe the ACS should, or has the right, to require more. You will need the 10-digit user ID included in the mailing your household received. A tactic that is used too frequently in our society as a means of control. Because the rich have been given free passes by laws created by and for the rich, we must beware these so called laws they create. Twice, a person showed up at our door. At what location did this person work last week? Never give any phone numbers (tell them you don't have a phone and your employer forbids giving out the company cellular phone number). I replied you already have our ages and that we are members of the human race. 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). (The car had to pass my house to get to the neighbors.) The agent asked about receiving the survey and I informed him that mailed addressed to "resident" was not the responsibility of any named occupant to open but I was also familiar with the unconstitutional intrusion of the personal questions in such a survey and the corporate partners with which the data is shared. 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 I was out in my yard and she was yelling at me from a distance. Lastly, if you are a proper pet owner, then you consider you dog, cat, etc. And those people were gathered up and sent to internment camps. 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. I see on the accompanying letter that the destination of the form was intended to be the address only and not a particular person. I will fill it out and send it back to Census Bureau but I won't feel good about it. It doesn't do any good to argue with the census taker. It is not the same people each time - many different ones wondering around. He told me that my info was not received and that he would be sending it back out in the mail. I work for a defense contractor, and when I applied for a security clearance, there were way fewer questions, and much less invasive than were on the ACS long form. 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? I just had hip surgery, when the buzzer rang this evening (Saturday 6:30p.m.) I have written both my senators, Warner and Webb of Virginia, and stated my refusal to comply with the ACS. Helping this corrupt government "function" is the same thing as helping this corrupt government go kill more people, invade our privacy, tax our income, levy fines, issue permissions slips and tattoo our butts. Just open the door, answer their questions, and they will forget about you and your insignificant existence for another 10 years. I decided I did not want to answer the census because of the invasiveness of the questions. 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. As a note, we live in a small, rural town so that may make a difference in whether it's worth the effort for them to continue demanding the information. 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. i told her no, she kept asking, i kept telling her no and eventually snuck in my apartment when she drove to park. My recommendation is that secondary prevention be used with the possibility of tertiary prevention since he appears to be in the initial stages of exploring these behaviors. ), so did my 80 year old mother in another state. --Lazarus. We don't have a home phone but I imagine the reps will get hold of our cell numbers? on the back it says dec 31 2011 is when approval from OMB expires. 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. --Paul. Richard Pan - Senior Policy Advisor - AAPI Data | LinkedIn This United States Supreme Court case has never been overturned. But, (knock on wood again) no visits ever occurred (yet that is). To posters 190 and 191: Thank you for your input and advice. I put up with some minor harassment and then after a few weeks it stopped. At least they are working instead of collecting welfare checks. How many of our signers of the Declaration of Independence would fill out and sign THIS ACS form? Should all of us contact our local media so that everyone knows about ACS? It's paranoid people like you all who cause your communities not to get the funding they need. Fact Sheet Aug 25, 2021 Fact Sheet: Protecting and Advancing Health Care for Transgender Adult Communities New data and analysis reveal important health disparities and barriers to care for. During such calls the survey taker reminds the resident that compliance with the ACS is mandatory. How am I supposed to know who these people are? I said I may have the second one, but discarded the first as a scam attempt. The second visit, I handed him a sealed census envelope, and he came back and left a note that the computer kicked it out. [15] The ACS questionnaire also demands that persons divulge how many automobiles they own[16] and whether you have trouble getting up the stairs. so i would be prepared. Bunch of whiners who think the world revolves around their little lives and have paranoid conspiracy theories from watching too much TV. May the Lord grant my fellow citizens victory in their battles with this unconstitutional invasion of privacy, too. I did call the police on them. Shame on you! Yeah right! Federal law requires U.S. residents to answer the ACS. Quid pro quo," then slam the door in their face. A week later, the same worker showed up and said it was my last chance or I could be fined and possibly jailed. They again called a few days ago and I answered. I have worked as an enumerator. Outrageous! The survey also demands to know how many days you were sick last year, how many automobiles you own and the number of miles driven, whether you have trouble getting up the stairs, and what time you leave for work every morning, along with highly detailed inquiries about your financial affairs. I then yelled at him to "beat it" - (since he could see me and it was obvious that I knew he was there.). Complete this form and mail it back as soon as possible. [33] Gardner Selby, Americans Must Answer U.S. Census Bureau Survey by Law, Though Agency Hasn't Prosecuted since 1970, Politifact, http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2014/jan/09/us-census-bureau/americans-must-answer-us-census-bureau-survey-law-/. I don't mind giving my name, the name of my spouse, children, ages and occupations but that is it. So why do they need how many rooms are in the house, what I use to heat the house, what amount was my electric bill and so on and so on? We've tossed two surveys in the recycle bin. Report Inappropriate Content From the American Community Survey and your tax dollars at work.
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