Michele Bachmann,  United States Census

Representative Michele Bachmann Balks at United States Census

June 19, 2009 /
Census-and-Rep

I think the Republican Congresswoman, Michele Bachmann is more than a little paranoid here and using hyperbole to make her point about government use and abuse of information obtained by the United States Census.

Outspoken Republican Rep. Michele Bachmann says she’s so worried that information from next year’s national census will be abused that she will refuse to fill out anything more than the number of people in her household.

In an interview Wednesday morning with The Washington Times “America’s Morning News,” Mrs. Bachmann, Minnesota Republican, said the questions have become “very intricate, very personal” and she also fears ACORN, the community organizing group that came under fire for its voter registration efforts last year, will be part of the Census Bureau’s door-to-door information collection efforts.

“I know for my family the only question we will be answering is how many people are in our home,” she said. “We won’t be answering any information beyond that, because the Constitution doesn’t require any information beyond that.”

The Congresswoman is incorrect and will comply with the law.

But, Congress should examine the problem of ACORN and the use of the information -especially since Congressional and Electoral College reapportionment depends on a fair and impartial accounting of demographics.

If the Obama Administration and the Democratic Party through ACORN is going to subvert the census process for partisan advantage then the only recourse is to sue in federal court to enjoin/examine the entire process.

And, it may come down to this.

Stay tuned……

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3 Comments

  • Candace Mattox

    June 21, 2009 at 5:29 am

    The Congresswoman is right. I researched this for myself. In April of 2010, everyone will recieve a short form only, which requires demographic info re the persons residing in each home, BUT>>> the census bureau will be sending out someting called “The American Community Survey” yearly to a random group of people, on a rotational basis. This document will inquire about very intrusive information, supposedly for the purpose of statistical gathering. (Just Google Census/ACS for yourself.) I will not be completing this survey, and will encourage everyone I know to decline as well. My privacy is well worth a $100.00 fine, should it even come to that. This information would be available to any government entity for any reason they could deem necessary, and it sounds like Nazi Germany, or the USSR. My government is scaring me more and more.