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U.S. Census 2000, Good, Bad, or Ugly?

An SI Board Since March 2000

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Emcee: Starwalt	Type: Unmoderated

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23	I heard on the radio tonight that Trent Lott said to only fill out the first 7	Cisco	-	3/31/2000
22	Starwalt, If the information on the long form is really needed, why are only 1	Shawn Donahue	-	3/31/2000
21	Census sued. Lawyer takes the whole unconstitutional mess to court: chron.com	Tom Clarke	-	3/28/2000
20	Art Bell feels the same way. I got lucky and only had to fill out the short fo	faqsnlojiks	-	3/21/2000
19	<i>Do you know how they determine which form you're responsible for f	Cisco	-	3/19/2000
18	It's apparent we don't really have privacy anyway, so paranoia would be	Tom Clarke	-	3/19/2000
17	<<i>Yah right, like when Census info was used to help round up America	WTSherman	-	3/19/2000
16	<i>the Census Bureau is restricted from supplying any information about i	Tom Clarke	-	3/19/2000
15	Yes, you are right of course. It's been a somewhat hazy day, synapse-wise.	Tom Clarke	-	3/19/2000
14	FYI, the Census bureau is restricted from supplying any information about indiv	WTSherman	-	3/19/2000
13	<<i>We were also told that our Social Security #'s would be for ta	WTSherman	-	3/19/2000
12	Does anyone know when the Census is due back to the Govt.? Is it after April 1s	Starwalt	-	3/19/2000
11	That sounds like a sound plan to me.. I think we could search around to find a	c.horn	-	3/19/2000
10	I think they say somewhere on the form that the info is supposed to remain priv	Tom Clarke	-	3/19/2000
9	We could draw up contracts for them to sign, stating that the info we provide w	Tom Clarke	-	3/19/2000
8	Sec. 401. Exchange of census information with Bureau of Economic Analysis www	c.horn	-	3/19/2000
7	Sec. 221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers www4.law.corn	c.horn	-	3/19/2000
6	I started to fill mine out but didn't see any assurances of privacy so I st	Tom C	-	3/19/2000
5	We should sell them the information. It's valuable to marketers, why should	Tom Clarke	-	3/19/2000
4	Art Bell has been complaining about this exact thing (the length of the long fo	faqsnlojiks	-	3/19/2000
3	Most of the people I have talked to feel like you. Most are only answering the	Starwalt	-	3/18/2000
2	I threw mine in the trash. I'm going to send them a piece of paper with a &	c.horn	-	3/18/2000
1	As I sit here looking at this Census long form ( form D-2 ) I wonder if I'm	Starwalt	-	3/18/2000

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