12-01-2005, 12:31 PM
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Stella!
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: En te l'eau Rant
Posts: 5,347
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Originally Posted by Carleton Hughes
I receive ocassional queries about rental properties,income,how many people live in a certain dwelling etc.
I just take a sharpie and give the most moronic,hare-brained replies generally unrelated to the questions,not a difficult task as those who know me will avow  |
That might not be a good idea on the American Community Survey. Read on:
...the survey is not voluntary. Answering the questions is not a polite request from the Census Bureau. You are legally obligated to answer. If you refuse, the fines are staggering. For every question not answered, there is a $100 fine. And for every intentionally false response to a question, the fine is $500. Therefore, if a person representing a two-person household refused to fill out any questions or simply answered nonsensically, the total fines could range from upwards of $10,000 and $50,000 for noncompliance.
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