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Originally Posted by samcol
The only thing you are legally obligated to give them is the number of people in your house, not all the other bogus questions.
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Not according to the law.
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§ 221. Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers
(a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined not more than $100.
(b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be fined not more than $500.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, no person shall be compelled to disclose information relative to his religious beliefs or to membership in a religious body.
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/1...1----000-.html
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Beyond the fine, your Congressional district will potentially lose big bucks (for the next 10 years), in the form of federal tax dollars returned to cities/states in numerous grant programs, if the undercount is significant enough by those who feel the need to protest.
The ultimate irony would be for Michelle Bachman's district to be so undercounted as a result of refusal of her loyal constituents to answer any questions to the point that she is re-districted out and loses her Congressional seat.