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FrankRep
08-26-2009, 01:13 PM
Response to:
2010 Census will have question about your guns on it!
http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?t=207389


What happens if I don't fill out my census form?


If you refuse to give out the information or you deliberately give inaccurate information, you can be in legal trouble. According to United States Code, Title 13 (Census), Chapter 7 (Offenses and Penalties), SubChapter II, if you're over 18 and refuse to answer all or part of the Census, you can be fined up to $100. If you give false answers, you're subject to a fine of up to $500. If you offer suggestions or information with the "intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population," you are subject to a fine of up to $1,000, up to a year in prison, or both. Here's the official verbiage:


Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers

# (a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100.



Bachmann Warns Of Link Between Census, Japanese Internment
YouTube - Bachmann Warns Of Link Between Census, Japanese Internment (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=APnfPnqwv9c)



SOURCE:
http://people.howstuffworks.com/question345.htm

acptulsa
08-26-2009, 01:15 PM
What she said in another thread:


Looking at the pdf there seem to be 2 separate questionnaires within the one. The first is the actual census (sec B below) and the second is the American Community survey (sec C below). So long as the questions are divided into sections like that I will only answer those classified as "census".

And what the government said, too (emphasis added):

"While these questions are not required by federal law, we use the information to ensure response accuracy and completeness, and for contacting respondents with incomplete or missing information."

LittleLightShining
08-26-2009, 01:17 PM
What she said in another thread:

Thanks, I was just going to repost that to get feedback.