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Unrepentant Fenian

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27. NO BODY should answer this question if the asshole forces it into the census!

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Fri Jul 5, 2019, 11:48 PM

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The penalty for refusing to answer a census question is a $100 fine. It is worth that [View all] Atticus Jul 2019 OP

Not everyone has $100 to burn. Shell_Seas Jul 2019 #1

I understand we are more fortunate than many. But, that is, nonetheless, how we intend Atticus Jul 2019 #3

Uhhh...you might want to read this dixiegrrrrl Jul 2019 #21

Yes, I saw that, and it does raise the stakes, but the same article indicates that actual enforcemen Atticus Jul 2019 #22

Other than the $$$ dixiegrrrrl Jul 2019 #26

I favor redacting the question csziggy Jul 2019 #2

I'm probably not answering..I'm going to hide in the masses. I could redact.p notdarkyet Jul 2019 #7

Yesterday I compared it to draft resisters singing Alice's Restaurant csziggy Jul 2019 #9

That would be foolish Big Blue Marble Jul 2019 #4

1.) I'm in a SCARLET red area, and, 2.) I fail to see how refusing to answer one question will Atticus Jul 2019 #5

With this adminstration, Big Blue Marble Jul 2019 #11

Strike the "could". I guarantee they will invalidate any surveys with anything funky done to them, NYC Liberal Jul 2019 #20

What is the fine for lying on the form. safeinOhio Jul 2019 #6

I looked it up $500. safeinOhio Jul 2019 #8

What if we refuse to answer based on the SCOTUS decision? Delmette2.0 Jul 2019 #10

Don't return it at all and then they have to find you. ooky Jul 2019 #12

Who enforces the fine? Jim__ Jul 2019 #13

Bureau of Census fescuerescue Jul 2019 #15

They will probably just default non-answers to "not us citizen" fescuerescue Jul 2019 #14

I believe "kiss my ass you racist bastard Trump", will be my answer Johonny Jul 2019 #16

Who ever gets fined for it? struggle4progress Jul 2019 #17

Seems not many people are actually fined for violations of census law. Lucid Dreamer Jul 2019 #19

A law without enforcement customerserviceguy Jul 2019 #25

How can you answer a question that is not on the form. Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #18

Oh my dog. You made me laugh so! sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #30

Isn't responding with that an answer? LiberalFighter Jul 2019 #23

Really? PoindexterOglethorpe Jul 2019 #24

NO BODY should answer this question if the asshole forces it into the census! Unrepentant Fenian Jul 2019 #27

I don't see how anybody can prove somebody answered... krispos42 Jul 2019 #28

Why would people be afraid to answer then? MichMan Jul 2019 #34

whether we answer is pretty immaterial ... the point is to intimidate and thus force an undercount fishwax Jul 2019 #29

How often is the census taken? eom sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #32

Answered my own question. The census taking is done randomly. sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #33

it's every ten years -- I'm surprised you didn't get one in 2010 fishwax Jul 2019 #36

BBC WORLD NEWS: sprinkleeninow Jul 2019 #31

Got to pay for the reprint somehow. GoCubsGo Jul 2019 #35