time to count all the complaints against the census

[Mikell]

Originally Posted by Jeanfromfillmore

This was a comment to the article that I thought was worth posting.
Clarence, why is the identification of race so important to you?
Shouldn't we concern ourselves with counting AMERICAN CITIZENS?
Generations of minorities crying out for equality, and we still contrast the differences. Count Americans!
Yes, that means not counting illegals, since they don't belong here in the first place and, while we're at it, hold back the count on anybody that does not call themselves an american first. Want to be a mexican-american? Out. Want to be a irish-american? Nope. African-american? Italian-american?
other-american - If the first nationality is where your loyalty lies, go there and live.
Our current government is intent on making the USA more like europe. Good move, the french are the model we should be following, No religious-dominant clothing or customs, no foreign alliegance above France, - assimilate or leave. Works for me..
We have only have room for one kind of citizen in america, The American citizen. That is the only one that counts.

I agree. Recently I received a pre-census census called The American Community Survey with a lot of stupid and irrelevant questions such as:

1. What is this person's ancestry or ethnic origin?

2. Does this person speak a language other than English at home?

3.How many times has this person been married?

Ridiculous! And if they want to know my wages and income they can call the IRS.