2010 Decennial Census Key Dates:

March 2010–Census forms are mailed or delivered to households

April 1st 2010–National Census Day. Use this day as a point of reference for sending your completed forms back in the mail

April - July 2010–Census takers visit households that did not return a form by mail

I suppose I have to give them points for efficiency.   So it seems, kids, if you want to help America and create a census job, hang on to those forms so someone has to be dispatched from the hive.

Incidentally, does anyone else find it amusing they picked April Fools’ Day as their “National Census Day”?

See, my view is that if I don’t send it back, and they have to send out a person, that’s a job created.  This is 1 on 1, the government actively helping out a citizen in a bad economy, so that’s good.  Much better than paying for life support of companies that then turn around and mug the very people that helped them *cough*Bank of America*cough*.  While the folks running the budget for the census might disagree, if everyone didn’t send in the forms, think how many jobs would be created.

So here’s my question that I sent in along with the reference number.   I’ll let you know what they say.

If I don’t send in the census form will a census employee instead be dispatched to get the answers?  I’m happy to answer the questions, but since not sending in the form helps create a job in a poor economy, I’m happier to have an employee dispatched.   In fact, if everyone did that, it would make a wonderful grass roots jobs stimulus program.

Reference number:

100309-000621