Comments | agilebrit: Hey, US Government?

agilebrit

Hey, US Government?

Mar 23, 2010 16:11

I get that it's Very Very Important that I fill the census thing out and send it back to you.

In fact, I did it the day the thing arrived in the mail.

However, I'm quite miffed that you're spending my hard-earned tax dollars that could be better spent elsewhere to send me not ONE, but TWO letters letting me know, first of all, that the cursed ( Read more... )

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modernelegance March 23 2010, 22:16:32 UTC

MY THOUGHT EXACTLY! They even had a freakin' DORA THE EXPLORER ONE FOR THE KIDS! Starting the Propaganda early are we?

agilebrit March 23 2010, 22:22:26 UTC

I'm ready to drive to Washington and smack a bitch, seriously. Because not only are they filling my mailbox with this crap, they're paying someone to do it AND come up with the ideas for their idiotic ads too.

I'm just glad I got the basic one this time, because if we'd gotten the really intrusive one, I'm not sure what we would have done, it being a crime to not fill it out and all...

paulasj March 23 2010, 22:23:41 UTC

It's not only the numerous letters that I'm getting, but the tv ads for available jobs as a 2010 census worker.

In regards to the questionnaire itself, I got mind a few days ago. Then I read questions 1 and 2. I'm still scratching my head.

agilebrit March 23 2010, 22:25:54 UTC

I...don't remember what those questions were. I just filled the damb thing out and sent it back like a Good Little Drone. I was sorely tempted, however, to check "Other" under "race" and put "American."

fenchurche March 23 2010, 22:38:34 UTC

That's what I did. I'm of mixed heritage and sure, I could have "checked all that applied" but honestly? I don't see why they need to know that information in order to determine apportionment for elections.

agilebrit March 23 2010, 22:48:04 UTC

Exactly. Why does it matter, exactly?

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zilly14 March 23 2010, 22:51:04 UTC

I totally agree. When I got the first letter, I was like "oh, the census already?" and was confused why they'd send a letter a week early telling me to fill out the census (when the census form already says to fill it out...) Apparently the idea behind it is that it's cheaper to send multiple letters than to have a census taker come to your door? That may be the case, but getting JUST the census would've been enough for me. I would've gotten the importance with just that. And then I get that postcard today! Totally bad approach ( ... )

agilebrit March 23 2010, 22:57:43 UTC

Seriously, just give me the 2.5mil and I'll go door-to-door and grab people by the scruff of the neck and make them fill it out.

And government wonks have no idea what it's like at the pointy end of the stick or how real people in the real world think. What happened to them? I'm sure they used to be real people, once upon a time...

Trusting the U.S. Government the_gimlet_eye March 23 2010, 23:48:42 UTC

You are right not to trust them. One must be agin' government. Things have always been like that. Why? Because they lie about everything. They are so out of control. They spend our money as if it were their own. They are bankrupting us, getting drunk on our dime, and reducing us to serfs. Some big, big, changes are in order.

Re: Trusting the U.S. Government agilebrit March 24 2010, 00:48:33 UTC

I trust the government as far as I can throw it, no matter who's in power. Rat bastards, the bunch of them.

Re: Trusting the U.S. Government the_gimlet_eye March 24 2010, 01:14:08 UTC

Don't get me wrong. We can't do without government. But we can and must do without a DESPOTIC government.

bojojoti March 24 2010, 01:16:06 UTC

Those commercials! How idiotic were they?

I had to laugh at the 'Black, African-American, Negro' designation, while it was plain old 'White' without any other designations. My son told me that people would be too stupid to check 'Caucasian.'