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[quote=Anonymous][b] Have You Received the American Community Survey in the mail yet?[/b] If you haven't had your visit from the American Community Survey (ACS) yet then you will soon enough since this invasive questionnaire is being sent out to 250,000 households every month of each year (3 million/year). It doesn't matter if you fill out the survey or not. The census takers will visit you day after day, hour after hour to ensure they make your life a living hell. Don't take my word for it--watch the video shown below. You might think it's nothing but wait until you receive the ridiculous long form which demands that you answer numerous personal questions or risk paying hefty fines and penalties including imprisonment should you dare deny them the information requested on this survey. I am not talking about the simple 10 questions asked on the short form census you get every 10 years. The ACS asks questions you wouldn't want to tell a stranger. [b]Among the questions asked on the 11-page American Community Survey (2010) are: [/b] The first section of the ACS asks for full name of each person living in the household, the total number of people, how the people are related to each other, the date of birth, sex and race of each person and whether any are of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin. The second section surveys housing, asking whether the household is a mobile home, a one-family detached home, a one-family home attached to one or more houses, an apartment or a boat, RV or van. Then the ACS asks what year the building was built, when "Person No. 1" in the housing section moved into the home; the size of land the home is on; what agricultural products were sold from the property in the last 12 months; whether the property was used as a business; how many separate rooms are in the house; whether the house has hot and cold running water; whether the house has a flush toilet, a shower or bathtub, a sink with a faucet, a stove or range, a refrigerator and a telephone; how many cars, vans and trucks are kept at the property; and what fuel is most used at the property – gas, electricity, fuel oil or kerosene, coal or coke, wood, solar energy, or "other." Further, the housing section in the ACS asks what was last month's bill for energy, what was the cost of water and sewage for the housing unit in the last year, whether anyone in the household received food stamps in the last year, the monthly rental or mortgage cost of the unit, an estimate of the resale value of the housing unit, the unit's annual property taxes and the annual cost of fire, hazard and flood insurance on the property. The ACS wants to know if Person No. 1 in the household is a citizen, if the person was born in the U.S. or when the person came to the U.S.; whether the person had attended college in the last three years and what is the highest level of education the person has completed; the person's ancestry or ethnic origin; whether the person speaks a language other than English at home, and if yes, what language; whether the person lived in this housing unit or an apartment a year ago; whether the person is covered by health insurance, and if yes, by what type of health insurance. Next, Person No. 1 must answer if he/she is deaf or has difficulty hearing; if the person is blind or has serious difficulty seeing even when wearing glasses; if the person has difficulty concentrating, remembering or making decisions because of a physical, mental or emotional condition; whether the person has serious difficulty walking or climbing stairs; whether the person has difficulty bathing or dressing; whether the person has difficulty doing errands alone such as visiting a doctor's office or shopping because of a physical, mental, or emotional condition; what is the person's marital status; whether the person has given birth to any children in the past 12 months; whether the person has any grandchildren under the age of 18 in the house or apartment; whether the person has ever served on active duty in the U.S. armed forces; whether the person has a VA service-connected disability rating, and if yes, what percentage is the VA disability rating. The ACS also asks whether Person No. 1 worked last week for pay; at what address, town, city and country did the person work last week; how did the person get to work and if by car, bus, railroad, taxi, motorcycle, bicycle or on foot; whether the person, if unemployed, has been actively looking for work in the past four weeks; whether the person, if unemployed, was available to start work if offered a job or recalled to work in the past week; and how many weeks the person worked in the past year and how many hours per week. Finally, Person No. 1 must disclose whether his or her most recent work was for a private for-profit company, a private not-for-profit, a local government, a state government or the federal government, or whether the person was self employed in their own incorporated or not-incorporated business, or whether the person worked without pay in a family business or on the family farm; the name of the employer; the type of business; whether the business was manufacturing, wholesale trade, retail trade; or other; the exact job description of the person and his or her most important duties; his or her income over the past 12 months and the amount of that income that came from wages, salary, commission, bonuses or tips; whether the person received any Social Security or Railroad Retirement benefits, or any other type of public assistance in the past 12 months; and the person's entire income over the past 12 months, both from employment or public welfare sources. [b]What can we do to make the survey VOLUNTARY to being MANDATORY as it is today?[/b] Call your congressional leaders to support bill H.R. 3131. This bill once passed into law will make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary. Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202)224-3121 and ask for your senators' and/or representative's office. OR call them toll free at: 1-800-962-3524 (NATIONALLY). If your Member of Congress does not sit on any committee relevant to this bill, you generally have no opportunity to voice your opinion on the bill while the bill is receiving its most important consideration. The bill has been referred to the following committees: House Judiciary, Subcommittee on House Judiciary, Subcommittee on Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties House Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on House Oversight and Government Reform, Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census, and National Archives For more info on this topic, go to: http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h111-3131&tab=committees [b] Detailed Summary of Bill H.R. 3131:[/b] Prohibits making any criminal penalty apply for refusing or willfully neglecting to answer questions (except with respect to the respondent's name and contact information, the date of the response, and the number of people living or staying at the address) in connection with the American Community Survey conducted by the Secretary of Commerce. [b]Woman Fed Up With Census Workers' Visits[/b] See Video at: http://www.ketv.com/video/24931473/detail.html See video "The Census is Getting Personal" at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsDhkPym01k See "Census Video Part 2, Clarifications" found at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFvS5m4_OtA&feature=related [/quote]
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