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Originally Posted by bobman0330
Received and completed my form just now.
Was shocked at the level of non-intrusiveness after this thread. I was expecting to have to disclose salary, occupation, political views, sexual peccadilloes, height, and favorite color. Instead, it was just name, age, race.
and why do they need to have that information in the first place? the constitution only said to count the number of people. now they need to have the gps coordinates of every front door, including a whole bunch of private info.
this year was only 10 questions, but look at previous years. they asked for immigration status, make of cars, income, how many toilets are in the house, etc. look at the surveys that are sent out more frequently... how many miles do you drive to work, how many days were you sick, do you have trouble getting up stairs, etc.
congrats on promoting racism. fill out your race and fight for your share of the free ponies. try to get your group to the top! because everyone in the group wants the same exact thing, right?
of course, they guarantee that none of the info will be used against you and it will be private for 72 years. unless you are x-race during a war with x-country. unless there's a draft. unless the irs thinks you owe them money. unless the govt sells the information. unless the government doesn't properly secure it. unless the local government thinks there's a zoning violation. history has shown us that the government will do whatever it pleases with the information. some of these violations weren't too long ago and the biggest violation of all was only ~70 years ago.
but go ahead, it's no big deal. finally NOW the government is the benevolent masterpiece that it was striving to be. it can do no wrong.