You don't have to fill out that form. It is illegal, invasion of privacy, puts you at risck for robery etc. They can not fine you, or any of that as it was said a few months agao I believe. They can't make you fill out 2 anyway. It also is like an IRS audit/ FBI questionaire and more. I think it was designed by some politition and the last I heard it was being thoroughly investigated as to who and why all the personal invasion and repeated racial and other questions as when you leave for work. come home, far do you live from work etc. Fallen in wrong hands can cause undue thefts/ hardships etc etc. I beleive it was even disqualofied or something. Atty's filed a suite against it in Tx. They can't fine you it also was said. Tell them to stick it in the file 13 as you already filled one out. i could say more about what I would do with it. BUT..................... Absolutly UNCONSTITUTIONAL FORM> -----Original Message----- From: Michelle A. Day <michelleann@ameritech.net> To: WALEWIS-L@rootsweb.com <WALEWIS-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000 4:33 PM Subject: [WALEWIS-L] 2000 Census Form How many of you were lucky enough to get the short form to fill out that was due April 1, 2000? Well I was one of the lucky ones -- so I thought. Beware, the Census Bureau is remailing out census forms randomly that are the LONG form. Now why on earth do I have to fill out 2 -- yes 2 -- census forms? Shouldn't that be illegal? Well the man I lived with called the bureau after he received it in the mail today and told them where they could shove it. They informed him that it will be a $500 fine and someone will come to the house if we fail to fill out that form. Where is there a law you fill out the census form twice and could be fined if you don't fill out the second one? Now I am wondering which ones will be on the census study when we can obtain them in 70 or so years. The bureau also told him we need to fill it out for federal monies. He told them "What federal monies? We don't get any federal monies here." -- only ones I can think of where it goes is the politian pockets or on some wasted project like studying cow farts. The letter from the Director of US Census Bureau reads: Please take about 40 minutes of your time to assist your community greatly by completing and mailing back your copy of this survey as required by law..... This survey is a supplementary Census 2000 survey designed to improve future censuses. --- a supplementary designed to improve future censuses? How about this.. they stop wasting money sending out a letter to inform you that you are getting the census, then receiving the first census, then six months later notifying you that there is a supplementary census coming because we were chosen (lucky us) and then sending out the new census. How much money was wasted in postage and printing costs that could go build a homeless shelter or repair some of those pot hole ridden streets? Allow me to explain: In addition to improving the census, this survey will provide a timely, accurate pool of facts about your community. It is a picture you and organizations you work with can use to help make decisions that affect the daily life of you and your neighbors. -- Will this survey decrease my property taxes? no way And if they need to know what the community is like, why do we have something called the Auditors office where we pay Real Estate Taxes where they have the name of every person, every detail of where they are living and every size and use of piece of land in the entire county. Why don't they just get the information from them? They now more about my house then I do. Why bug me!! LOL That's why your response is of critical importance. >From new highways, to public and private programs for children, senior residents, and economic success, there are so many ways that this survey can enhance the quality of life for your town. -- If they wanted to increase the quality of life then my little tiny bungalow would be worth a few hundred thousand dollars, I would be a millionaire debt free, there wouldn't be snot nosed kids in my neighborhood who vandalize everything they see and have no respect for anything. Why is there always tax levies on the ballot to increase these very same services that census reporting is suppose to help? I want to know who is conning who here. I could go on and on but this is rediculous. I am going to take advantage of something missing out of this letter.. a due date!! Now they can play on MY time because I have none to fill out this stupid census AGAIN!! How many of those people who didn't fill out the first census got fined $500.. I bet very little next to none. What are they going to do to me? Fine me for not filling out two census reports. Please. I think there needs to be a federal investigation and an audit of how much was spent on this stupid census!! Off my soap box now.. LOL Michelle ==== WALEWIS Mailing List ==== Old Genealogists never die, they just lose their census. Pruning the Family Tree is NOT Permitted!!!! I think my ancestors had several "bad heir" days!