Census - Just say NO!

The reason for the census is for the purpose of counting people so as to determine the number of representatives in the House and for apportioning direct taxes. Thus, for constitutional purposes, the only thing the government needs to know is how many people there are and where they live. To fulfill the requirements of this, there only needs to be two questions.

What is your address?
How many people live there?

Any questions beyond that have no constitutional basis. Now, it is my personal opinion that these questions can be slightly expanded to include the names, ages, and sex of the people in your household, but that's it. Any government requirements beyond that is an unconstitutional extension of government authority and a public invasion of privacy. The government has no right to know your private personal information.

We as loyal citizens of the United States have a duty to the Constitution to distrust the government.

Our government was founded on the principle of distrust of government. When we broke away from the King of England our founding fathers determined it was very important to put safeguards in the Constitution to ensure that the government existed only for the purpose of serving the people, and not ruling the people. To ensure this, the constitution created a checks and balances system so that each branch of government made sure the other branches complied with the Constitution. The presumption built into the Constitution was that if the government wasn't policed, it would become corrupted and turn into something that ruled, rather than served, the people. To ensure this never happens the founding fathers made the distrust of the government an important part of the Constitution. We, as citizens, have a duty to the Constitution, in order to preserve freedom, to distrust the government.

"The Race Question"

I think it's time we stop asking the race question, "What race are you?" All races have the right to vote and all people are a genetic mix. The very idea that race determines your opinion or your income is in itself, racist and divisive. We are all Americans. We all come from other countries if we go back enough generations. Let us all refuse to be identified in terms of race and the frequencies of light reflected off the surface of our skin. We are members of the "human" race. I am not defined by the color of my skin. It's what I think and do and believe in that defines me.

"So what's the harm in just filling it out?"

These questions involving race, income, lifestyle are all fed into supercomputers than contain maps of every neighborhood the United States. By combining this with statistical information and exit poll information the government can use this information to draw congressional voting districts that favor elections that produce a manipulated result. Rather than create rectangular and logical boundaries, these boundaries are manufactured to isolate groups of people and dilute their voting power while enhancing the voting power of groups who are favorable to those who are in power when the boundaries are drawn. This kind of manipulation has been going on for a long time. It's called Gerrymandering, and they use census information to do it. These districts look more like squashed bugs than congressional districts. With today's more advanced computers, people could be assigned to congressional districts on a house by house basis.

By giving the government this information we are allowing the government to draw congressional districts to produce election outcomes that are government manipulated. This manipulation of election outcomes by the government undermines the will of the people to express themselves at the ballot and undercuts the integrity of the election process, one of the most sacred process of any democracy. By refusing to cooperate with the census you undermine the ability of the government to manipulate districts based on census information that the government has no business knowing. These divisions, based on race, amounts to racial voter segregation and divides society on racial lines. If we are ever going to eliminate racism in America, we must stop letting the government draw voting districts based on race. America will never be integrated as long as we are asking the people to state their race on government forms. And it's not just race manipulation. It's also based on income, education, and religion.

" They use the census data to manipulate the shape of congressional districts so as to change the results of elections based on race and income."

What the Government should do instead!

Instead of requiring the long form, the long form should be separate and the government should pay people $25 to fill it out, and that it be voluntary. Then, for statistical purposes the government can go back to a few people who didn't fill it out and pay them a lot more money to ask them why they didn't do it. At no point should the government force a person into giving up that information.

By offering a $25 reward for filling out the form, they would get a lot higher response and not have to hire all these people to go door to door trying to force and threaten people into filling out the long form. A carrot instead of a stick. Be nice to people, and pay then for their time. That's what should be happening, and if more of us go out and burn our census forms, maybe we can get the government to admit that they are here to serve the people, not to rule us.

The government is like growing a garden. Plants have to be weeded and pruned in order to grow correctly and produce good food. The government is like a child that needs discipline. If we spare the rod, we spoil the child. That's why it is necessary for the people to set bounds on the government and punish them when they get out of line. I believe the long census form was an innocent mistake by government workers who thought it would be really helpful to the statisticians if they knew everything about us. But they crossed a constitutional line and it takes people like me and you, burning our census forms, to prune back the government and put it in its place. Our duty, as freedom loving American citizens includes some pruning and weeding, for if we don't, then Waco and Ruby Ridge will continue to occur.

We must never forget that the government exists for the sole purpose of "Serving the People" and for no other reason.

So, in the spirit of our founding fathers who made the duty to distrust the government part of the Constitution, I call on everyone who loves America to join with the founding fathers and oppose the census and force them to abandon their requirement and to admit that they have no right to force you to fill out your long census form.