tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196201224507060771.post3333546337161329981..comments2023-12-18T05:12:50.293-05:00Comments on LAW PROF on the LOOSE: Response on the CensusJon Siegelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05903271363747693689noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196201224507060771.post-57316040754624431522010-03-25T14:01:09.091-04:002010-03-25T14:01:09.091-04:00Of course it is easy to assume that nothing will c...Of course it is easy to assume that nothing will change by April Fool's Day.<br /><br />Nonetheless, it is false to make the statement before the fact. The wording is in the past tense, "...<i>was living</i> at ...on April 1...."<br /> <br />Why is there even a date in the form? SInce the Director ignores it, and even wastes millions of dollars to send out his notice before the specified date, why are we not free to ignore any other part of the form?<br /><br />I simply choose to wait until the date the form specifies to send it in.<br /><br />If they only treated the April 15th date with the same indifference....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196201224507060771.post-72656730080828422362010-03-25T13:11:53.841-04:002010-03-25T13:11:53.841-04:00This is not some impossible paradox. If you fill ...This is not some impossible paradox. If you fill out the form now, you will be predicting who will be living at the address on April 1. I have considerable confidence that I know who will be living at my address on that date.Jon Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05903271363747693689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6196201224507060771.post-69900658823420395952010-03-25T11:03:22.350-04:002010-03-25T11:03:22.350-04:00The April Fool's Census, and Health Care
I r...<b>The April Fool's Census, and Health Care</b> <br /><br />I received a letter alerting me that the Census form would soon be arriving in the mail. A week later, the form arrived.<br /><br />One week after the form arrived, I received a post card from Robert M. Groves, Director of the US Census Bureau, thanking me me if I had already sent it in, and admonishing me to be sure to do so as soon as possible. I haven't sent it yet, because the form requires me to list the persons who live at my address <i>on April 1, 2010</i>. <br /><br />How can I honestly fill out the form before that day arrives?<br /><br />The 2010 Census has all the appearances of an April Fool's Day hoax, or at lease an indication of the quality of federal bureaucrats.<br /><br />If this is the best the Census Bureau can do after 220 or so years of practice, requiring respondents to falsify data, what is in store for us with federal health care?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com