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. Most people then get instructions to complete the ACS online. And it is supposed to be maintained private otherwise the census worker can go to prison or be fined or both. Please, that's where this money is going in there pockets. Under the rule of apportionment, Virginia would have been responsible for 30 percent of the tax. Shame it's only once every ten years. If they aren't getting anything from my house and they've canvassed my six neighbors twice (actually talking to four of them). How will my information be protected? Title 13 section 141, subsections (a) and (d) authorize surveys. Is that something you would want to get into the wrong hands? He had to come through a closed gate. I replied you already have our ages and that we are members of the human race. 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. Interesting. A successful community survey is one that gives you high-quality, actionable insights. In addition to conducting the decennial census count, the Census Bureau oversees many surveys that are generally completed in-person, by mail, online, or by telephone. When you respond to the survey, you are doing your part to ensure decisions about your community can be made using the best data available. No one from the Census has ever e-mailed you - they don't have e-mail and even if they did, they don't have yours. How can a census do any good for schools when these people are never turned away from schools and hospitals and welfare lines? I just got a pretty harassing phone call from a census lady, who said I would be fined if I didn't fill this crap out. I am not giving my personal information out to anyone authorized by this government. The 2022 Economic Census is happening now. Their bosses are going like it even less. I have written both my senators, Warner and Webb of Virginia, and stated my refusal to comply with the ACS. You want me to trust the census with information that is very private? I have written to the senators of my state and didn't even receive a 'canned' response. Tuition and fees plus room and board for a four-year private college averaged $50,770 in the 2020-21 school year; at four-year, in-state public colleges, it was $22,180, according to the College . I will fill it out and send it back to Census Bureau but I won't feel good about it. Enough is enough and get real. I informed the caller, "Eric", that I did not wish to participate in the survey and to please remove my name from their phone list and mailing list. After reading through the 28 pages of questions the second time (not 28 questions but 28 *pages* of them), I decided to do my research. I have no idea about the ACS (or any of their personal questions). If a person of the same sex comes to your door, act like you're interested in them and start touching their hair. He came by every hour starting at 6 Thursday. Summary of Findings. If they refuse, call 911 and report a hostile trespasser. Ethical treatment of survey participants. However, the severity of the challenge varies by state and community. we demand a trial by jury of our pears, but how many wiggle, squirm and lie every which way to get out of serving when it's their turn? You are not the property of business or governments you are continually the result of your feelings. It's sent out to about 3.5 million households. We have received 3 demands from the Census Bureau. Ask yourself this question. If they knew what we made, why are they asking. As a result, Congressional districts will need to be redrawn. I'm sorry but this survey almost asks me how many times I pee in a day. Now they harass us all of the time. It's not their business. this is the letter I sent the census bureau. Please meet, call write your congressperson to recommend that they sign on to this legislation, and get rid of this ridiculous intrusion of government into your private and personal affairs. Ignore any paperwork they send you, hang up if they call you, demand they leave your property if they come to your home. These people can often stop this kind of activity. I am 66 years old and I have never participated in any census. The present state of affairs is a direct result of our collective ignorance. The government is doing nothing wrong! Know your stuff and don't compromise! We were hired to call people who did not respond and we left messages on answering machines. I live in a high-rise condo building (where I rent), so let them come get me. So hesitantly, I began to fill it out. They can't really do anything and they certainly aren't going to. Baltimore Community to your survey low to moderate-income taxpayers by taking surveys, you can quick! Tell me, if you were in charge of managing a company and you asked your staff for information so you could make an important decision and they could not answer any questions, how long do you think it would be before a major problem arose? He was shocked and said it was required by law. She left. Understand that they already have a lot of this info on your tax returns. I filled out the Census form this year and still, someone came to our door. Should all of us contact our local media so that everyone knows about ACS? I took the job because it pays really well. Do they ever stop with this? I got a call last night from the Census folks, wanting to know our birthdays. But, (knock on wood again) no visits ever occurred (yet that is). The ACS and Census Bureau have no legal standing to enforce the bogus laws that were passed to allow this survey. I actually worked for the Census in 1970. 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. Go Tea Party! They are so proud to be counted among the blessed. The Census Act of 1976 specifically prohibits the use of statistical sampling in the creation of congressional districts. According to law you must answer all Census questions or face criminal charges and/or fines up to $100. My family has found past census information to be very valuable in genealogical research. The Google Analytics opt-out add-on is designed to be compatible with Chrome, Safari, Firefox and Microsoft Edge. I repeatedly told her that I gave the legal information I am required by law and that is how many people live here. Make your own mind up as to what your world should be -- it's that simple. The Census Bureau has legal, procedural, technological, and statistical safeguards to ensure your information will not be disclosed to anyone. Person 30. I'm not a conspiracy theorist, nor a paranoid, but goodness knows the intrusiveness of these questions can certainly drive a person to it. Opt Out Meaning Example welfare etc. I finally left a voice mail for the person who kept calling me that if I got one more call or personal visit, I was contacting my state senator and tell him I was being harassed. We do not have to fear picking up the phone or answering our door. I'm contacting my congressman on this ACS issue today. Bunch of whiners who think the world revolves around their little lives and have paranoid conspiracy theories from watching too much TV. Your response to the 2020 Census cannot replace your answers to these other surveys. Anytime you give out information, you can bet it gets compromised. i am not in their rat race, and i do not answer to their color coded political designations. 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. Survey Design and Methods. (812) 218-3144, Jeffersonville Contact Center. Don't be paranoid, it's only a few questions a lot of people already know about you anyway. Your name, address and phone number (front cover of the ACS), 2. Are we going to let this happen? I won't either. They have no authority to uphold the ACS laws and they WON'T take action b/c they KNOW if this survey got out in the media it would be eliminated by public outcry. We did not return the census, and received continuous letters and threats. Does anyone know? she said go ahead i'll wait. all this while he was getting ready for work. I said I did not need any help. We received the form last spring. Field representatives conduct their work between the hours of 9am and 9pm, local time. Unfortunately, the second time my husband gave in, as he felt we would get fined and was tired of the threats. This is all bull. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. You wouldn't be getting personal visits and/or phone calls from these Census workers right now. This info is also for the number of State Senators and Congressmen. I am young and strong and will not put up with this sort of thing. They are just being bullies. Any illegal can purchase your number for any amount of money. By the way, the is a new grassroots site that is just starting called Town Roots. Was the government going to send us all birthday presents when they came around? The first phone call was late December and was not answered. We then engaged in a bit of "palaver" in which she said that they can require us to answer any question they want because "it's in the Constitution". 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. My advice based on our experience thus far -- and I am not a lawyer -- just ignore the calls to the best of your ability, and if you answer by accident, simply hang up without conversation. Don't know if it's the "bureau" calling or not, but I'm ready for them. These tabulations are used to determine how many representatives each state has in Congress. If you don't complete the survey, Census will send a paper questionnaire in about two weeks. I hollered at the door that "I'm a crippled senior and DO NOT open my door unless its my kids". she yelled through the door announcing her name & bla bla "census, have some questions for you"..I'll just leave my card & you can call me next week!". I will not comply. But I can promise I'll promptly feed it to my hungry paper shredder. After reading the notes on this site, I decided - ACSdestination, shredder. I first starting receiving these things by mail like 4 years ago. As a retired LEO, state law keeps all my info private, unless court ordered. I completed the regular census and destroyed the ACS. finally he told her he would call the cops if she didn't leave. Someone said they can find all our info on the internet anyway. Click Unsubscribe at the bottom of an email. We sent in the form with the number of people, then called the girl who left a note on our door. The employees of the Nazi Gestapo and Brownshirts said the same thing. Apparently my post office would not send it to me. Apparently the obnoxious butt head pounding repeatedly on my door at 10:00 AM (I work at night) was a census worker. She offered me her badge and supervisors number. I grabbed the handle and slammed the door shut. He used to work for the gas company and has been in my house to light my pilot lights. I told him if he was good at counting, he could try counting my angry rottweilers as he ran for his life. don't let this happen! You can opt-out at any time. The daily number of cyber attacks on our federal government and access by illicit state and non-state actors is eye watering. Anything more is intrusive. Your household or business may be selected to participate in one of these surveys. Um, no they don't have the right to fine you. Search the Census Bureau Staff Directory to find the contact information for our employees. Help people, can I really get fined if I don't fill this crap out? Ha! The Founding Fathers wanted the power to stay with the people - but it took a revolution to secure it. Has anyone really admittedly shown that proof that they got fined? I told this supervisor that no one came by my home. When someone asks my wages, my mortgage information, and what time and where I work, I see this as "seizing personal information." 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. I get hourly calls during the week. The Nazis were just doing their jobs, also, "anon75478" but that doesn't make it right. Has anyone else who refused to comply have any information about penalties/fines actually being enforced to date? What kind of people do you have working for you? I say "sorry sir no one here is available and you need to leave." For more information about the Census Bureaus data privacy protections, please visit our Policy Office webpage. 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 ACS replaced the old census long form and the questions have absolutely nothing to with apportioning direct taxes or determining the number of representatives in the House of Representatives. There are two of us living here. That's four times today and it's just past noon on Saturday. Find out how we might contact you about your survey. According to some accounts, those recipients who chose not to return the form and did not respond to phone calls or private visits appeared to be hassled the least. 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. Oh wait, we have a socialist leader now. how the hell does she know me and what i look like, she's never been to our door yet. Has anyone ever been fined or penalized for not complying? Remember Germany. There are three general approaches to abortion care training: "opt out," in which training is routinely integrated into residency training but residents with religious or moral objections can opt out of participation; "opt in," in which training is available but not routinely scheduled; and programs in which no training is provided. So they bully and threaten and use fear to scare people into compliance. My son answered the door, the guy announced who he was with. We aren't answering these questions for anyone unless they show up and arrest me and a judge makes me do it in court. I upgraded my cell phone to one that I can take video with and that has a large memory. the government was never constitutionally mandated to provide funds. First survey last month. 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? or is any mention of if just more scare tactics to make us submit to this invasion of our lives? We will then see them online. me. I googled the name and phone number, found out their spouses name where they lived, etc. You may have noticed over the past week on the news, many articles about the new situation in American families where the wife is now the major bread winner/wage earner. By the way, from what I read in Title 13, the max they can fine you is $100 for not filling out the form, or max $500 for false information. I already returned that info in the original census last year. Especially after reading the comments on this page. When approached by census officials I will state that my religious beliefs prohibit giving any information beyond my name and the number of people in my house. 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. 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. My high school son came home and read the questions and his first response was "this is communist." Something is wrong in this country when the hard working middle class is getting stomped out from top to bottom. My husband and I now know what we will do when a rep shows up at our door. I would personally love to sit and watch hours of this kind of stuff. If I received the ACS survey in the mail, I would probably just put down the number of people in my household, but there is nothing on the 10 question survey that any Tom, Dick, or Harry can't find out on the internet quite easily. 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. they have called me several times and asked what I did with it. I will post again if there is further activity. 5) Arrest criminals from Acorn and stop our tax dollars from funding Acorn and other criminal organizations like them. The American Community Survey ( ACS) is a demographics survey program conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. Measuring America's People, Places, and Economy. That wasn't supposed to be able to happen. We have always taught him not to talk to people he does not know and never give out information. It is a survey that invades privacy by asking about the presence of flush toilets, the amount of income that you earn, whether there isa business in your home, how much you spend on utilities, where you work, what time you leave for work, how you get to work, how long it takes you to . If they come and announce who they are, I'll simply start yelling, "Non parlo Inglese! I have no problem filling out the main census form but not this BS. I hope this helps. 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. Its purpose is to keep people informed of what is going on in their local, state, or federal governments. I guess the fear that they may be prosecuted for trespassing on private property wasn't worth the questionnaire. To opt out permanently: Go to optoutprescreen.com or call 1-888-5-OPT-OUT (1-888-567-8688) to start the process. The government has no right to know this personal information and that she could leave. I am absolutely livid right now. You are only required to do that once every ten years (in years that end in zero). These statistics deliver valuable information for local officials and organizations who provide resources and services to your community. Without the enjoyment of this right, all others would lose half their value. [The bracketed words added for clarification], Interstate Commerce Commission v. Brimson, 154 U.S. 447, 479 (May 26, 1894). I suspect the caller will hang up and take you off the list. What is the ACS (American Community Survey)? I do not want to tell anyone personal info, much less someone who lives next door to me! Just hang tough and they will eventually leave you alone. I say, "I don't care who you are. We did not support and defend the Constitution for this crap. If you are with a congressional office or have not yet found a resolution to your concern, contact the Office of the Respondent Advocate. 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