Some people...are upset over an army of some 140,000 workers hired in part with a $700 million taxpayer-funded contract to collect GPS readings for every front door in the nation. [More]Now come on--if you're not a rightwing domestic terrorist, what have you got to hide? It's not like a government with Patriot Act powers would ever abuse a GPS locator for your front door--or that they can't be trusted with front doors in general...
Y'know, I took a look at what the Constitution has to say about the census:
But it does make me wonder how the occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude, will answer questions 7, 8 and 9:
No Capitation, or other direct, Tax shall be laid, unless in Proportion to the Census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.and
The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative...Pretty straightforward, really--how many of us are there? There's certainly nothing in there about Hispanic Origin, or Food Stamps Eligibility or Plumbing or Fertility or Vehicles or...here's the questionnaire--see for yourself.
But it does make me wonder how the occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude, will answer questions 7, 8 and 9:
Pretty straightforward, really--how many of us are there? There's certainly nothing in there about Hispanic Origin, or Food Stamps Eligibility or Plumbing or Fertility or Vehicles or...here's the questionnaire--see for yourself.
But it does make me wonder how the occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude, will answer questions 7, 8 and 9:
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But it does make me wonder how the occupant at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C., 38.898590 Latitude and -77.035971 Longitude, will answer questions 7, 8 and 9:
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