They DO go away. A mortgage deduction should indicate I own a house; a 1099 with either unemployment compensation or reported income would indicate whether I am unemployed or self-employed. For information on a specific survey, please visit the list of surveys or contact the Census Bureau Contact Center to speak with a representative who can assist you. Here are the facts I discovered: Some of the questions asked in this questionnaire are so intrusive that I would not even give this information to my best friends or relatives. I hung up immediately and called the sheriff. You must honor a recipient's opt-out request within 10 business days. Unlike the every-10-year census, this survey continues all year, every year. Make sure your spam filter doesn't block these opt-out requests. What we have here is a violation of HIPAA. I've worn a uniform to serve my country and, apparently, most of you feel as I do. I can not believe this is United States, land of freedom and liberty. But please do not chastise me for maintaining my personal and family privacy and refusing to respond to an unconstitutional intrusion into my personal affairs. 10 minutes ago I felt apprehensive. The surveyor didn't respond to that one when we had a "terse" discussion with them today. I filled out my form, sent it in and a few weeks later another one came. I now have multiple visits to my home every day, followed up by threatening calls with an hour of each. we have every right to keep our privacy!!!! Then I'll find a place to post it and tweet it to my 350+ followers. The government has no right to know this personal information and that she could leave. "For the Boise market, people don't necessarily move here for the best home prices, they move here because of the way of life: family values, safety, adventure and freedoms are a few of the reasons people have migrated . Different people call at all hours and they block the name and number. But at the same time, phones are not supposed to be tapped. The data bank, like any data bank, runs the risk of being hacked or accessed by dishonest parties. 67% of consumers and 74 % of business buyers say they'll pay more for a great experience. Government entities do illegal things. Their job is to get the form completed, that is all. 1:40. Look Since 1968, this volunteer-based program has helped nearly 50 million low to moderate-income taxpayers on., 550 . If you can't see why many people have a problem with the ACS then I'll never be able to explain it to you. I too am grateful for this site. Summary of Findings. Explore census data with visualizations and view tutorials. Understand that they already have a lot of this info on your tax returns. Some surveys are completed at one time, while others involve multiple interviews. She was asking the questions again and I told her that I already filled out the form so there is no reason for me to fill it out again. Will we ever return to our freedoms? Moreover, since there are no reported instances of the Census Bureau taking legal or financial action, some speculate that the Census Bureau's threats carry no weight. The calls/personal visits stopped. A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States. I said I did not need any help. Now there was the random insanely long, for one out of four, which I think is totally unfair. They aren't the enemy, so I don't act hostile towards them, but it still unnerves me how they got my cell phone number. Note down your survey questions. You want me to trust the census with information that is very private? She then stated that she has not talked to the supervisor. This also happened the last time. I hope it's not too late for us. The government is over stepping it's boundaries with such personal questions. 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 came to my door unannounced on many occations. Oh wait -- the U.S. postal would never misdirect mail. I told her actually it's not. Thus, if they want a specific task force to track illegals and tax invading americans, then so be it. I since looked through the forms for the ACS on their site and it does ask far to much personal info. Especially after reading the comments on this page. why are they taking polls for illegals? Thanks, Jenny Reply 1 Upvote GLC Jun 27, 2018 9:43 AM Follow How to Reverse Email Opt-Out The Census Bureau does not hire temporary workers to collect data for the American Community Survey. Yet, it seems lately that these rights are being taken from the American people. If I have 1, 2 or even 3 people in my house, that is all I need to give. Commission, 32 Fed. I needed to read this! How do I know my information is safe? Honor opt-out requests promptly. 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. A decade later, a Hawaii resident appealed a conviction and a $50 fine for not fully answering his questionnaire. Enough is enough and get real. What is this survey? The laws that provide the authority for conducting the ACS are Title 18 U.S.C. When a citizen does not answer the ACS within 30 days, a second ACS form is automatically mailed. Thank you, fellow Americans! For example, lets say in 1790, two years after the ratification of the Constitution, Congress prepared a budget and decided to impose a direct tax to raise the needed revenue. They left before they arrived. I watched and saw that she was only there five minutes. In addition to the decennial census count, the Census Bureau also manages many surveys that provide valuable information for the country on a variety of subjects, including education, health care, crime, housing, employment, and government spending. They think that if they exert a little authority, show you a badge, write a stern letter, that you will be too afraid to tell them that they have no right to subject you to this. Follow-up can occur in-person, via mail, or by telephone. Because this is a new data collection effort, the marital history items will be evaluated with other survey data and I shall be contacting my Senator and Congressman to voice my alarm and concern on another gross infringement of my Civil Liberties. In 2000 I placed a large sprinkler by my front door. The information that they collect will be used against us in our most crucial moments. We will then see them online. If you give them a little info they will keep at you until you give in. The oath means something to us and I for one am going to continue to tell them to stick it where the Sun Does Not Shine! No one will email you or be peeping at you from the census. The bad thing is, this is information that is collected by the government. Just one question, what could the $1 billion could have been spent on other than conducting a poll? How about the number of cars that are normally in your driveway if everyone is home? For our government to function basic knowledge about the country as a whole, and individual states is required. For this census at least and I assume for the 2010 Census the initial person that will come to your house, if you did not fill out the form, is just a normal citizen with a temporary job as an "enumerator". Direct taxes are inherently unfair because one state, with ten percent of the population, might be one of the richest states while another state, with the same percentage of the population, might be one of the poorest. I love hearing this we live in the greatest country. When they arrive on your property, order them off your property. No need to respond to the intrusive survey. Really glad I found this site. She noticed that I was very irritated and told me that she just needs the number of people who live here and ages. This is harassment, I am no threat. 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 would like to recommend an alternative method of dealing with "census workers" who show up at your door to harass you for information. There is no legal obligation for you to answer their questions. I feel that a class action lawsuit should be started. It felt so good. As one post on this site said "bring it on.". Your household or business may be selected to participate in one of these surveys. The American Community Survey is sent out to roughly one in 40 people every year, which adds up to about 10,000 people annually just in Tulsa alone. I am not giving my personal information out to anyone authorized by this government. The census is not going to do this or that. "Um, I filled it out twice". The census collectors or enumerators can ask for some sensitive and detailed information, such as salary or income. You will not be fined. You can't actually expect all of the decisions to be made accurately and take into account the needs at the consumer level based on a head county every 10 years. Waiting for their next move. Mailed it in. We offer tips to help you protect your information. I filled out the Census form this year and still, someone came to our door. I am so glad I found this website. Your response to the 2020 Census cannot replace your answers to these other surveys. She said she must have my name, home address which I gave. These vermin can pound sand. give me liberty, or give you death as the old saying goes! do i have right to due process? Happy Holidays. All information that you provide in a Census Bureau survey or census is used exclusively to create accurate, relevant statistics about the nations people, places, and economy. Don't engage them in conversation or reason with them. 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? I responded to the ACS. and gently close the door. We said in Boyd v. U.S., 116 U. S. 616, 630, 6 Sup. I guess we'll just wait and see. I am an American! The Current Population Survey and National Crime Victimization Survey are examples of surveys that include multiple interviews over a period of time. So that could scare you away from doing the census. Your response to the 2020 Census cannot replace your answers to these other surveys. I just left a "Tea Party" I found out I'm not the only 1 that was asked to fill out two census forms, one asking me if I could go up and down stairs, how long it takes for my husband to go to work, how does he get there,how many rooms is in my house, do I have flush toilets, what kind of health insurance, how much is my house payment, insurance on my house, do I have insurance, etc. The calls started Wednesday. Know your stuff and don't compromise! I mentioned to a reporter for the newspaper the similarity between our government today and Hitler and he said some not so nice things to me. Do you have a debit card, credit card, a loan, a job, own a house, a car, driver's license? You are not the property of business or governments you are continually the result of your feelings. Some surveys involve multiple interviews in order to learn how characteristics such as income, employment, housing, or education change over time. Don't touch them and if they do touch you, even slightly, fall down and don't get up until an ambulance arrives. They do snoop around. I told him if he was good at counting, he could try counting my angry rottweilers as he ran for his life. Census worker says "I am with the census.". don't let them take our rights away even more than they already have. I will not comply. LOL. And if said "enumerator" doesn't like it, tough! Although an intrusive visit would make my blood boil, I would suggest a similar strategy for visits if possible. The last time I looked, American's had the right to privacy. How much do I make per year? --Paul. Pew Research Center has deep roots in U.S. public opinion research. Begin your survey with an introduction that explains the purpose of the survey, what will happen to the data and who the research benefits (E.g. Title 13, U.S.C., Section 182, authorizes the Census Bureau to conduct monthly, quarterly, and annual surveys to furnish more timely reports on subjects covered by the economic census. 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. I refused entry into my home. This crap has been going on for almost a month now! Good for Michele Bachmann for saying she wasn't filling this out. I took his form and tossed it into the wood stove. From reading here, it looks like disclosing phone numbers is just an additional way of eventually breaking you down. Who are these people and why are they telling me I am obligated by law to provide my personal information to some one or some entity I don't know. Their bosses are going like it even less. My son answered the door, the guy announced who he was with. and inviting me to contact them if I had any concerns. Thank you, Poster 188. This summer I sold my house and tried to cancel my FEMA flood insurance. Are you kidding? Official websites use .gov Still, some citizens do not answer it. 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. He said, "I'll see what I can do." This is crazy -- why is this still going on and why aren't people doing something about it? P.S. I've received two of these obscene forms and I do not to answer any of the questions printed thereon. I don't know why someone said the country is going too far to left. thanks for answering back with any helpful info. I'm sick of this. No one has been fined for failure to comply, and no one ever will be. I ordered him to leave and he said he would have to go get the sheriff and return. Anyone else with other info/advice is politely requested to add their two cents. Do as you see fit. The Census Act of 1976 specifically prohibits the use of statistical sampling in the creation of congressional districts. I am so glad to see I am not alone in not wanting to fill out this survey. I suggest that people find a petition out there against this census survey. Sorry, but you are really just not important enough for them to worry about, certainly not as much as you are obviously worrying about them. It began with a pilot study that included a self-administered needs assessment survey taken by 302 members of 13 churches between November 2021 and February 2022. We are law abiding, tax paying citizens and always do the right thing. I also ignored the mailed survey. 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. The census asks for the number of people who "stayed at your house on April 1, 2010." Emails from the Census Bureau will have instructions or information to complete a survey online, by phone with a Census Bureau representative, or by paper. It's been an easy decision for me. Then you want to threaten with fines? I was truthful in all 10 short form answers. At that point I stepped in and said goodbye. We refused to give information on the cell phone several times. The state police will show up and *escort* them off your property. I told her the story and said I didn't have time for this right now. I didn't argue or discuss it, just stated the truth and hung up immediately. That resulted in a letter from the director assuring me of privacy, etc. Since then I have been visited a few times by a nice Dept. You can search the internet and find many references to threats of a fine, but you won't find anyone who has ever been fined. 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. The end-to-end conversion process has to work on mobile devices. I am with all of you that it is all wrong and will not return the form. Then we find out she is our next-door neighbor! or is any mention of if just more scare tactics to make us submit to this invasion of our lives? I also mentioned that unless a US Marshal from the Justice Department accompanied him, I would simply ignore him and would call the police if further harassed. Other countries pay equally and get that ever elusive socialist universal health care. It is my constitutional right to privacy. I personally do not want to answer because it's just a habit but if they did catch me off-guard, I would probably give them an answer of some sort (like I am a boyfriend who is watching my girlfriend's house while she's away with the peace corps for six months and that I already answered the census for my home a few blocks away). I again said no. Thank you for being here. 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. About one week later, I was ready to mail in my form. I'll be laughing when funding for social programs and highway repair funding is cut in your area because you refused to answer simple questions that can not be connected to you. Smile. My question is: "Doesn't our government have enough information on us from our mandatory tax returns?" Do i have a Fifth amendment right not to incriminate myself? my wife and I pay our taxes and feel if that's not enough for our government, then "Too bad Charlie". And everyone should have to fill out the same thing-how come I get the long form every time? A survey last year of opt out activists by Pizmony-Levy and researcher Nancy Green Saraisky found that the top three reasons for participation in the movement are: (1) opposition to evaluating teachers in part by their students' test scores (37 percent), (2) a belief that standardized tests force teachers to narrow the curriculum to only the . All selected households and businesses are chosen according to scientific statistical methods. (Same woman who was no longer employed with the census). Our town boasts 90,000 citizens, but we know there are at least an additional 10,000 illegals here (yes, here in Mexifornia). I will not comply. so i would be prepared. I emailed my Congressman (John Larson, CT) twice, over a month ago, but he (and/or his staff) has failed to reply by e-mail or phone. If you want to opt-out, download and install the add-on for your web browser. The Census Bureau conducts over 100 surveys throughout the country in addition to the decennial census. Well, I will just have to wait for the "or else" because I will not be a robot for this government, asking when I go to work or who are all the females in my house with ages and names. the government was never constitutionally mandated to provide funds. and these so called representatives. Remember, they work for you, not the other way around. This all happened while I was watching from my porch. Field representatives conduct their work between the hours of 9am and 9pm, local time. 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). You are only required to do that once every ten years (in years that end in zero). With two teen daughters, I don't want anyone having any extra information. How can I verify that an in-person interviewer is a Census Bureau employee? Anyway he proceed to stretch as much as he could so he could look into my living room. 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). So I received two ACS forms in the mail and they are not going to be filled out. As one responder put it, if you only want to know the number of people, then what does race have to do with it? Although they have a mandate and articles and codes under the US code, this is all for the census not the ACS. the Supreme Court's decisions over the years has established that the rights to privacy is a basic human right, and as such is protected by virtue of the 9th amendment. Now they harass us all of the time. Then, there were just basic questions for everyone. They can have my age, race, sex and opinion about corruption in government. And I am not speaking in terms of Democrat or Republican affiliation the drug of power knows no party boundaries. The Census Bureau will call, and then after the calls then they visit your home. While. I live in a high-rise condo building (where I rent), so let them come get me. If they aren't paying my bills they don't have a need to know how much they are. You fill it out and keep it moving- we don't want to. He asked if I was refusing to answer the survey. I repeatedly told her that I gave the legal information I am required by law and that is how many people live here. So many people are in a snit just because the word "enumerator" makes them mad. Have no fear. And send a Federal Marshal out to write you a ticket. The caller will identify themselves as a Census Bureau representative. Thank Gosh, I documented every call and person I spoke with. Ain't going to happen, just call their bluff. 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. The misinformation spewed from people here is laughable. I set it aside. I may answer the door this time, but my attitude is going to be that I won't allow this to cause me any more stress than deciding what toppings I want on my pizza. People, what is so terrible about giving out the number of people who live in your household? How many, each age, and each sex. As us Cajuns say: Hell froze over when the Saints won the Super Bowl last season. That this money is funding from the government, which makes it socialism. . Your participation is critical. PLEASE let's get them back once and for all! That means *not* having our door pounded on constantly and yelled at that we are violating the law by not allowing these rude, despicable low class jerks into our homes! But, on a positive note, we were all meant for happiness - it is our purpose. Don't remember getting the long form but if I did, I would have tossed it unopened since I already did my duty filling out the census and mailing it in. Thank God that we still live in a country where we can still tell a thug where to go. I answered nothing else and therefore did not lie on a government form. If the government really wants to know your personal stuff, well they don't need the few benign questions answered to find you. I am a tax paying, hard working citizen, who would die fighting for my country and my rights, but didn't our forefathers already settle this fight? The chamber even voted in 2012 to eliminate the survey altogether! Your participation is critical. Where did they get the data? Ending homeless is an ongoing challenge throughout America. Sad, but I simply do not trust the government anymore. With its detailed questions about things like income, assets, job status, household amenities, even your commute, the ACS . To all the census takers who have the nerve to put their 2 cents here to tell us how safe it is, why don't you also post your personal information for us? I feel empowered. I filled out my census. Why has my household or business been contacted to participate in a survey? That didn't stop the harassment, visits leaving notes while I was at work, or conversations asking my neighbors questions about me like I was some criminal or something. With enough people, we can make a change. How can I verify that a mailing is legitimate and from the US Census Bureau? I did some research over the summer after I found out about the ACS from reading a WSJ article. The census taker left a note me a note today. My husband said he is going to start asking them the personal questions and leave it at that. 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. Whether I'm white, black, hispanic, etc., or whether I own or rent my home, makes as much difference to the count of legal U.S. citizens as not having to show your legal or illegal status as a U.S. citizen. I already returned that info in the original census last year. Make your own mind up as to what your world should be -- it's that simple. Test the survey internally or on a focus group. 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. Now I have people pestering my doorman for my information, pretending to be food deliverymen claiming that I ordered food - just so they can come up to my apartment --wow. Over a college survey they want me to take. We do not publish the cell phone numbers of our field representatives on our staff search website. Answer (1 of 5): Idk what the punishment is but I started filling it out. Most people allow themselves to be bullied and are afraid of breaking some law. And if they threaten you, video record all of this exchange. The Census Bureau states on their website that failure to complete the survey is unlikely to result in such a fine, however. Daily calls (five or six) two invasive questionnaires mailed, and now intimidating and threatening phone calls. 1. TheAmerican Community Survey (ACS)is the largest survey conducted by the Census Bureau and has taken place every year since 2005. I did respond to the regular census and regret answering all of those questions. 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. Thank goodness for this web site. These people can often stop this kind of activity. Send it out to the target audience. 1. The law in Title 13 exists solely for the purpose of being able to print the treat on the forms and to use to intimidate scared grandmothers. and they are the ones who should be paying extra taxes for that. I ripped it up and threw it away. I thought the census only took place every 10 years. 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'm sorry you feel the need to spread such fear and lies. A truly honest, upright government does not hire goons and bullies to do any work for them. They again called a few days ago and I answered. Asking for federal money or federal representation is a huge mistake. I will pay the fine if that is what it takes. 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