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4. another post made a good point...

Sun May 5, 2013, 10:54 PM

May 2013

The poster winter_is_coming made a good point....

Census data is used to help make decisions about allocating Federal aid.
No aid, no need for the stats.

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"The Republican War on Data" [View all] applegrove May 2013 OP

Lunatics treestar May 2013 #2

This has been reported, and the last time they tried this they got it past... TreasonousBastard May 2013 #3

another post made a good point... defacto7 May 2013 #4

And the flip side of that is no data, no way to prove you need aid. n/t winter is coming May 2013 #7

Aren't there random mandatory urinalysis? Half-Century Man May 2013 #6