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« on: May 16, 2006, 09:17 PM »
what happens if I don't do my census?
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2006, 09:19 PM »
is it a nome-census?  :D
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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2006, 09:24 PM »
Quote from: Vancouver on May 16, 2006, 09:17 PM
what happens if I don't do my census?


What in the name of sweet flying fuck is a census? LOL i never hurd that be4




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« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2006, 09:25 PM »
Ha ha nome-census, you will be deported if you don't fill out your census.  I did mine online.  I just saw onthe news the website is so busy it is being brought down.
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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2006, 09:30 PM »
Apparently, if ya don't file you can get a big ass fine - IIRC it's $10K and/or 5 or so years in jail  :shock:.  Not exactly a "small crime" or low profile by the boys standards lol!  FWIW, I did mine online in 5 minutes when I got the form back in mid April.  Maybe the census people are using the same virtual server we are lol!
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« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2006, 09:30 PM »
The info is about the U.S but im sure same rules here...

http://people.howstuffworks.com/question345.htm

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In the United States, the census is officially a big deal (see How the Census Works to learn exactly how big a deal it is). Originally, the census was meant to be a way to count everyone so that the members of the House of Representatives could be allocated properly to the states. Every 10 years there would be a count, and states with more people got more members in the House. Over time, the government has gotten significantly more complicated, and today, the federal government allocates money to states for all sorts of programs. Something like $100 billion gets distributed every year, and quite a bit of it is distributed based on population. The census provides the only official head count.

Someone is very likely to notice if you do not fill out and return your form. After April 1 in a census year, all of the responses received by the U.S. Census Bureau will be compared to major lists of U.S. residences. If your response has not been received -- or if you didn't complete all the questions on your form -- someone from the census will contact you for that information. The census is a $6.5 billion dollar project. They can afford to be thorough!

If you refuse to give out the information or you deliberately give inaccurate information, you can be in legal trouble. According to United States Code, Title 13 (Census), Chapter 7 (Offenses and Penalties), SubChapter II, if you're over 18 and refuse to answer all or part of the Census, you can be fined up to $100. If you give false answers, you're subject to a fine of up to $500. If you offer suggestions or information with the "intent to cause inaccurate enumeration of population," you are subject to a fine of up to $1,000, up to a year in prison, or both. Here's the official verbiage:
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« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2006, 09:31 PM »
Depending on where you live, they will either keep calling you or send people to your house until they get the info they want.  Why do you ask?  Were you planning on not doing it?  Why?
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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2006, 09:37 PM »
Im asking cause I was curious...Ill do it as my Canadian civic duty. ( :P)

OK I wasn't gonna, but NOW I am.
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« Reply #8 on: May 16, 2006, 09:46 PM »
I did our's on-line the other day

http://www22.statcan.ca/ccr_r000_e.htm
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« Reply #9 on: May 16, 2006, 10:17 PM »
aaaaand DONE!
how long'd that take me? more then 5 minutes...Id HATE for all that info to get into the wrong hands!

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Posted on: May 16, 2006, 08:16 PM
it took half an hour! whata we get for that chunk of time??
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« Reply #10 on: May 16, 2006, 10:30 PM »
friggggg i have no clue where i chucked my census envelop and i forgot my online pass for gov website....looks like imma be hunting tomorrow i don't want the IRS after me  :P
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« Reply #11 on: May 16, 2006, 10:37 PM »
There are actually 2 different versions that they sent out.  If you are lucky, you received the short one (5 minutes max).  If you are not, you received the long one (20 minutes + maybe ... I can't really guess on the time because I am lucky  ;) )
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« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2006, 12:39 AM »
I got the long one last time ! This time it's the short one ....doing it now , thanks for the reminder Van !
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« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2006, 01:05 AM »
Quote from: Saucy Bastard on May 17, 2006, 12:39 AM
I got the long one last time ! This time it's the short one ....doing it now , thanks for the reminder Van !

Got the long one and mailed it in a week ago. Ten or twelve years ago we got the long one and that was followed up by a six-month compulsory detailed study of my family's week-to-week activities - very fackin stressful, but their wasn't much choice. I wonder if they really go after folks who refuse to play, anyone know?

counted and recounted cheers!
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« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2006, 09:40 AM »
 :shock: i have no clue BB but i imagine i will find out i can't find them papers anywhere's....i probably garbaged them like to do everything else when i power clean :?
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« Reply #15 on: May 17, 2006, 10:36 AM »
A friend of mine got the job of delivering the censes...she told me that if you don't fill them out they will come after you and the fine in Canada is $500 or 30 days in jail. Got mine done  :D
Posted on: May 17, 2006, 10:35 AM
A friend of mine got the job delivering the censes...she told me that if you don't fill them out they will come after you and the fine in Canada is $500 or 30 days in jail. Got mine done  :D
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« Reply #16 on: May 17, 2006, 10:44 AM »
If you want to call them before they call you...

Census Help Line:  1 877 594-2006

They might be able to give you your internet access code over the phone.
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« Reply #17 on: May 17, 2006, 07:37 PM »
i haven't done that crap in over 12 years .
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« Reply #18 on: May 18, 2006, 10:57 AM »
They only do it once every 10 years, so (assuming you are also Canadian) that would be the last time you or anybody else did it.
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« Reply #19 on: May 18, 2006, 02:03 PM »
I took the one from my buds house and filled it out with totally incorrect info and the wrong name  :D 
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« Reply #20 on: May 19, 2006, 12:10 AM »
I threw that envelope where it belonged, the recycle bin. Last time there was one ( i beleive that was four years ago), i refused to answer it and they sent some unpleasant elderly lady to act all threathening and stuff. So i simply told her that i had just moved in and that i did not know what the entire hoopla was all about, wich was a very poor lie. She did not buy it but wrote it down on her form and left. That was the extent of the machiavelian punishment i was promised if i did not do my civic duty.

Libertarians unite!  :beermug:
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« Reply #21 on: May 19, 2006, 12:29 AM »
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« Reply #22 on: May 19, 2006, 12:47 AM »
What if I don't want to be in the census?

All Canadian citizens are required by law to take part in the census. If you don't return a census form by May 16, expect a call from a census enumerator to remind you to send it in.

The maximum penalty for not filling out a census form, or for providing false information, is a $500 fine and/or three months in prison.

lol I hope my bud doesnt get fined :D
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« Reply #23 on: May 19, 2006, 01:08 PM »
Quote from: Canuckguy on May 19, 2006, 12:47 AM
What if I don't want to be in the census?

All Canadian citizens are required by law to take part in the census. If you don't return a census form by May 16, expect a call from a census enumerator to remind you to send it in.

The maximum penalty for not filling out a census form, or for providing false information, is a $500 fine and/or three months in prison.

lol I hope my bud doesnt get fined :D

They just said you had to take part in the census, I saw nothing that says you  have to fill it out correctly. :lol:
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« Reply #24 on: May 19, 2006, 02:19 PM »
Quote from: FireRetarded on May 19, 2006, 12:10 AM
machiavelian punishment
Libertarians unite! 

It sounds very draconian this $500.00 or 30 days in jail crap!
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