RE: [CTPP] Experimental Census Forms

My aforementioned relative would definitely have gone over the edge if she had a request for her Social Security number as well. Can someone explain the rationale for this before those of us on the local end start catching flak as well? Thanks to Mr. Castagneri for posting some talking points on the basis for the long-form questions - our letters to the editor here similarly "truncate" the citizenry's obligations. Does anyone know the specific requirement for asking the journey-to-work question (when as well as where), vehicles owned, and other transportation-related questions? I don't. And thanks to Ms. Murakami for the link to the Census "scoreboard." It's quite instructive in pointing out that (unless your senator is Majority leader) we are quite homogenized in this country in our desire (or lack thereof) to fill out questionnaires in spite of our regional reputations. (Out west, even the land of the Freemen has the same response rate as the state with an outbreak of long form envy.) Though I suppose such state-level averages do mask some important distinctions within our society. Sam Granato A thought for the day: "Whine for those who can't." - Ian Shoales