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The US Cencus: From enumeration to intrusion

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Citizens’ Council on Health Care
www.healthcarefreedom.us
Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Click here to read the full document: http://www.cchconline.org/pdf/CENSUS_PAPER_2010_FINAL.pdf

 by Twila Brase and Jenna Minegar*

Starting March 15, 2010, the 2010 U.S. Census forms will be sent out nationwide.
Since the first census in 1790, the U.S. Constitution has upheld the U.S. Census as a means of counting citizens to properly apportion Representatives and direct taxes among the 50 states. While enumeration continues to be one portion of the Census, the overall purpose of the Census has shifted as the nation has developed and grown.
The U.S. Census and the American Community Survey now collect additional private data on Americans, including information on health status and medical conditions. The shift from enumeration to data collection has raised significant privacy concerns for Americans.  Some citizens have opted out of the Census or limited their responses despite the risk of financial penalties.
The U.S. Census Bureau has acknowledged the public’s concern, but failed to recognize the unconstitutional nature of these intrusions. Furthermore, federal officials have failed to acknowledge the shift from enumeration to intrusion as the source of higher costs and poor compliance. The problem, however, is not the American people.
The problem is the intrusiveness nature of the Census. One renowned financial leader offers a better way.

 

 

 

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Otter chooses ‘Health Freedom Act’ for first public signing ceremony

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Gov. Butch Otter has been quietly signing bills into law, but to date – as of the 65th day of the legislative session – he hasn’t held a single public signing ceremony. He’s now scheduled his first for tomorrow, for HB 391a, the “Idaho Health Freedom Act.” The bill, which bans enforcement of any federal mandate for Idaho residents or businesses to purchase health insurance and requires the Idaho Attorney General to go to court to fight any such requirement, drew heavy objections from minority Democrats, and passed the House on a straight party-line vote, while three Republicans joined Senate Democrats in opposing it. Otter will hold his signing ceremony at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, along with GOP legislative sponsors Reps. Jim Clark, Raul Labrador and Lynn Luker, and Sen. Monty Pearce. More

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