The American Census was originally devised to take an inventory of citizens living within a state and district, to ensure that proper Congressional representation is practiced for the the American People.
Since that time, they have slowly and deliberately included all sorts of questions on their correspondence which have absolutely NOTHING to do with their original purpose. These questions are invasive and, ckearly seen as personal information, which is currently protected by the fourth Amendment of our sacred Constitution (where Americans should be secure in their papers and effects).
Relinquishing private information to ANY institution, including an agency of the government, under duress or threat of legal recourse, is a clear violation of the Constitution â the mandate would clearly and legally be considered âNull and Voidâ. And, with the number of reported cyber-thefts of institutional data these days, it is absolutely a security threat for individuals to have their private information sitting around indefinitely in some supposedly secure government database, waiting to be hacked and downloaded by constantly upgrading malware and hacking tools. According to the fourth Amendment, we have the right to be secure in our papers and effects âŚand, if we bring this wording up to the 21st century âpapersâ would also include âpersonal digitized dataâ. Given this clarification, it is hard to ensure that oneâs data (personal papers) is secure when it also sits in a distant database over in Washington D.C. as well, waiting for a rogue download, right?
âBeing Secureâ means that your personal informations stays within your own four walls, and goes no further. Only YOU are responsible for keeping YOUR data safe. When you freely give out your personal data, then you are agreeing that it does not need to remain safe and secure. Thus, you are stuck with choosing one of two choices: Either obey your fourth Amendment to protect your personal papers and effects, or comply with threats of the Census Bureau and put your personal papers and effects at risk. So you see, The Census Bureau is violating your 4th Amendment under threat of terror (aka: terrorism), and has the audacity to have you sign a contract with them, stating that every bit of information that you gave them is the truth, otherwise, you give them the right to lock you up in a cage for up to five years. See how itâs doneâŚthey sneak a contract in there and have you sign it, to your own peril. This is done so that they can use âcontract lawâ against you, further weakening your legal position with them. NeverthelessâŚback to the pointâŚ
The âinvented Census Departmentâ pushes for private information outside of what was dictated by the Constitution. Now they are going so far as to send out periodic surveys, asking people if they own their home, how many bathrooms and bedrooms in it, do they own chickens, what is the highest level of education, do they own a retirement fund and how much is in it â this is ABSOLUTELY INFORMATIONAL EXTORTION AND A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE CONSTITUTION.
This request is to reign in the Census Bureau and roll back their information theft agenda, bringing them back to their fundamental questions of âHow many people live in your houseâ. It can be carried out on a postcardâŚnot 20 pages of informational rape, under threat of fine if one does not give up their private information. Please roll back their duties and lay off 4/5ths of the workforce, so that they can focus on the original (postcard-sized) objective of their initial creation. The Census Bureau should NEVER wield the kind of authority and threatening posture that it does now â it was simply meant to be a quaint head-counting adminstrative back-office of the government, filled with silver-haired ole ex-accountants and a busy coffeemaker in the breakroom â nothing more. Thanks.
