Comments on: Minnesota students must participate in census http://www.tommiemedia.com/opinions/minnesota-students-must-participate-in-census/ Campus, local and world news reported daily by University of St. Thomas students Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:14:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Carlson http://www.tommiemedia.com/opinions/minnesota-students-must-participate-in-census/comment-page-1/#comment-2001 David Carlson Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:10:29 +0000 http://www.tommiemedia.com/?p=6992#comment-2001 What John said What John said

]]> By: Matt Joseph http://www.tommiemedia.com/opinions/minnesota-students-must-participate-in-census/comment-page-1/#comment-1978 Matt Joseph Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:53:59 +0000 http://www.tommiemedia.com/?p=6992#comment-1978 As long as the U.S. continues to provide me all the rights and privlidges I currently have, I don't have a problem letting them know where my front door is. (They probably already know anyway.) As long as the U.S. continues to provide me all the rights and privlidges I currently have, I don’t have a problem letting them know where my front door is. (They probably already know anyway.)

]]> By: John Deede http://www.tommiemedia.com/opinions/minnesota-students-must-participate-in-census/comment-page-1/#comment-1968 John Deede Fri, 12 Mar 2010 05:08:55 +0000 http://www.tommiemedia.com/?p=6992#comment-1968 The questions may not seem "overly personal" and the Census Bureau would agree that the information you give is "strictly confidential," but history tells otherwise. After the U.S. entered into WWII, data from the 1940 Census was used to intern Japanese, Italian, and German Americans without reason. This was under the Second War Powers Act. Today, this information can be released legally because of the Patriot Act, which Obama just extended. Recently, in 2002 and 2003, the Census Bureau released information collected on Arab-Americans to the Department of Homeland Security. For this year's Census, 140,000 workers have been hired to collect GPS data for every front door in the nation. With the government's Terror Watch list climbing above one million, I am concerned for our citizens' right to privacy. The government is obviously inept at catching terrorists, particularly those who put explosives down their pants, whose parent has warned the U.S. government of the threat, and who do not even have a passport. The Constitution only says that an "enumeration" be taken every ten years. Any question beyond asking how many people reside at the residence is not what the founding fathers intended. However, if you refuse, you can potentially be fined up to $5,000. So please,... The questions may not seem “overly personal” and the Census Bureau would agree that the information you give is “strictly confidential,” but history tells otherwise. After the U.S. entered into WWII, data from the 1940 Census was used to intern Japanese, Italian, and German Americans without reason. This was under the Second War Powers Act. Today, this information can be released legally because of the Patriot Act, which Obama just extended. Recently, in 2002 and 2003, the Census Bureau released information collected on Arab-Americans to the Department of Homeland Security. For this year’s Census, 140,000 workers have been hired to collect GPS data for every front door in the nation. With the government’s Terror Watch list climbing above one million, I am concerned for our citizens’ right to privacy. The government is obviously inept at catching terrorists, particularly those who put explosives down their pants, whose parent has warned the U.S. government of the threat, and who do not even have a passport.

The Constitution only says that an “enumeration” be taken every ten years. Any question beyond asking how many people reside at the residence is not what the founding fathers intended. However, if you refuse, you can potentially be fined up to $5,000. So please,…

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