U.S. Census Bureau - American Community Survey 2010

Did you know that you could be fined for not completing the American Community Survey distributed by the U.S. Census Bureau? The government is getting too personal and using heavy-handed tactics to get people to fill it out. The government agency not only wants to know who lives in your home, but how much you earn, the amount of your mortgage or rent payment, and even what time you leave for work. For more information, visit the following website: http://www.census.gov/acs/www/

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Thanks to a YouTube viewer, I've discovered that WYFF 4 gave out misguiding information pertaining to fines for not filling out a census bureau American Community Survey form. You can only be fined up to $100 for not completing a census form, NO jail time. If you answer questions untruthfully on a census form you can be fined up to $500, still NO jail time. If you are an EMPLOYEE of the census bureau and you release information on a form then the EMPLOYEE can be fined up to $250,000 and/or up to five years in prison. This link provides the details regarding fines and jail time: http://uscode.house.gov/download/title_13.shtml.

Look under Chapter 7 Offenses and Penalties, subchapter II, Section 221 - Other Persons

Unbelievably, a church could be fined up to $10,000 for answering falsely on a census form according to Section 224.

Thank you to our YouTube viewer for this information :)

I still think the government is going too far and invading our personal space! My mother was threatened with jail time by a U.S. Census Bureau employee and now I find out that can't happen. This infuriates me!

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