I certainly don’t want the terrorists (or Tara Reid’s plastic surgeon for that matter) to win, so I’m happy to help out with the 2010 Census. I checked their site and it turns out there’s a law of some sort encouraging/compelling participation. But like any good law, I’m sure there are loopholes defining means of participation, stipulations regarding mental and physical disabilities, funds for underwear research in Nevada, etc. But not wanting to run afoul of da man, I sent in a question to the census folks tonight wondering if I could have them dispatch a drone instead of sending back the paper survey I received today.
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