And I think there must be a giant “S” emblazoned on my forehead. At least one that’s visible to the Census Bureau.
Back in 2000, we were one of the “lucky” one-in-six families chosen to complete the long form of the U.S. Census. The thing took hours to complete (at least it seemed like it) and required a fair amount of research on my part into our finances.
Last week, we received something called “The American Community Survey” from them. Apparently this is going to replace the long form of the census. While the advance notice letter and the survey itself made it sound like we’d be doing the Census Bureau a favor if we completed it, the instructions pointed out that “The same law that protects the confidentiality of your answers requires that you provide the information asked in this survey to the best of your knowledge” (emphasis theirs).
If I’d researched the law before tackling the survey, I might have just sent them a check for the $100 fine.
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I didn’t know there was a long form of the census. How interesting in this age of identity theft. I really do enjoy your Hollers.
Speaking of such, I sometimes visit a “Holler That You Enjoy,” petite anglaise. Now she has been dooced – and is suing her employers. Wow. You give good recommendations.