SilverSurfer
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Re: Why not just as a part of the census?
said by NetAdmin  :And last I checked, those question about income and education are completely voluntary. Clearly, you didn't read through the legalese thoroughly. No part of the last census was voluntary. Further, all those cute little "thin air" stats you mentioned can be just as easily ascertained via other channels, not the census since same was not ever set up to collect the other data which you seek.
Unless and until the Constitution to is amended by a 2/3rds vote, the census shall remain what it was originally set up to do: Count heads. |
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NetAdmin
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1 edit | said by SilverSurfer :Unless and until the Constitution to is amended by a 2/3rds vote, the census shall remain what it was originally set up to do: Count heads. Contrary that statement, the Constitution does permit the Census to do more than count heads... Read the actual text of the document:
Representation and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers ... . The actual Enumeration shall be made within three Years after the first Meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such Manner as they shall by Law direct. See that part that says "in such Manner as they shall by Law direct" ? That basically means that Congress can, via legislation, add or subtract from the Census questions and information gathered. The Constitution only states that the Census MUST count people, but it does not prohibit or disallow further information to be gathered.
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SilverSurfer
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| said by NetAdmin :See that part that says "in such Manner as they shall by Law direct" ? That basically means that Congress can, via legislation, add or subtract from the Census questions and information gathered. Right. Operative words here: ...shall by law direct... What is the section of the federal body of statutes that specifically states that Congre$$ had added on the irrelevant questions in the Census? Oh that's right, they didn't. Those questions were added just because the whores' corporate masters wanted the data. |
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NetAdmin
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| said by SilverSurfer :What is the section of the federal body of statutes that specifically states that Congre$$ had added on the irrelevant questions in the Census? Oh that's right, they didn't. Check again.
»en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Title_13_o···tes_Code
And see the section called legal mandate at »en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Sta···s_Bureau
And you keep repeating that the statistics gathered are irrelevant... Maybe to you, but not to people who do policy and other types of research.
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