Apparently, the sequester hasn’t affected the Census Bureau, because they CONTINUE to call my home.
Last night, to their bad fortune, they did so when I was actually here.
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I got another call from the Census Bureau last night.
It didn’t even register with the flunky attempting to intimidate me into giving them a host of information that is none of their business that telling me “Congress passed a law giving us the authority to collect data for them.” wouldn’t even be the slightest bit convincing to an attorney who has read the relevant sections of 13 USC and can’t find ANY authority for the scope of the questions they were asking, and she got very upset when I told her that they need to quit calling my home, as it is starting to border on harrassment.
Fed Flunky: Sir, if you do not answer the questions, I’ll have to make you as a “refusal”.
Me: You can mark me as a refusal, but that would not be true. The law says I can be fined if I willfully refuse to fill out any portion of the survey. I filled out the first page, and then wrote “None of your damn business” on the remaning 35 pages. Therefore I didn’t fail to fill out any portion of the survey, only the parts that are none of your business. Besides, I’d be seventeen different kinds of idiot to give you that information considering the federal government’s recent treack record with confidential data.
Fed Flunky: Sir, THAT’S not what the law means.
Me: Oh, I’m sorry. I wasn’t aware I was speaking to another attorney. It must suck having to work a Friday evening for minimum wage.
Fed Flunky: If you have a law degree, you can defend yourself at the hearing.
Me: Is that supposed to scare me?
*click*
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If we can pay for this kind of idiotic pursuit of American citizens, and NOT enforce current immigration law, and not allow the government to perform the functions that it is SUPPOSED to be doing, like training for military units, then this government’s legitimacy should be loudly and frequently questioned. Daily.
Taxes, Stupidity, and Death 