Your response is important. Results from the 2010 Census will be used to help each community get its fair share of government funds for highways, schools, health facilities, and many other programs you and your neighbors need. Without a complete, accurate census, your community may not receive its fair share.

I guess the Constitutional explanation was too difficult. The Census was designed to determine representation and taxation only, not some kind of income redistribution giveaway. The exact quote from the constitution reads: “representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several states which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers.” The words “fair” and “share” are conspicuously absent from Article I of the Constitution.

The notification is also in Spanish, just in case illegal immigrants wish to participate in the American experiment. If you happen to speak French, German, Chinese, or Italian, I’m sorry; you’ll just have to learn English first. Then there’s the plight of the the Taiwanese American.

Thanks to this progressive approach to counting people some people feel disenfranchised. Who can blame them? If the government is becoming one big candy store everyone wants a piece.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=mcFLfw73O30

I’m part Native American, German, English, Scottish, Irish, and Jewish. What am I? Do I need to take a blood test to see how many races of people I am? If it means that I get a fat check from the Federal Government where can I sign up? If this keeps up we’ll need 100 check boxes for every racial combination.

The PR campaign almost encourages people to over count. Oh no! My race is being under counted! Oh no! They’re not going to build roads!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqYVB-AJ37U

This is absurd. We don’t need a Census to build roads. If this was the case our state and city governments wouldn’t be spending money on feasibility studies measuring traffic. Why can’t the Census Bureau just say it’s a constitutional requirement to count each person to determine representation.

The Founding Fathers never intended to create Republic full of lobbying groups based on race. The fact that the government conveys this message is appalling, but it’s not surprising considering that government employees come up with the messaging.