File this under the heading of “intrusive government”. The US Census Bureau is out canvassing every neighborhood in the country right now. You may ask “why?” since the Census isn’t due until next year. Well, the answer is simple. They are gathering GPS coordinates for the front door of every single family in the United States. The reason for gathering that information however may not be so simple. If you are alarmed by this, perhaps that’s because you should be.
Starting on April 1st of this year, Census workers began hitting the streets to gather the GPS coordinates of each and every home in the country. Their efforts are being funded through a $700 million taxpayer funded contract with Lockheed Martin and IBM.
According to the Census Bureau, the collection of GPS coordinates will assist the government in collection of census data. Huh? Even after they collect this data, they still plan on going door to door next year. At the very least, it would seem that this year’s efforts could be postponed until next year and the coordinates could be taken by the Census workers then. That would kill two birds with one stone and it would also save taxpayers some money. Putting that point aside for a minute though, I can’t see how having the coordinates of your houses front door will assist in gathering data in any way. Perhaps the Census workers aren’t all that bright. They might mistakenly go to your side door and we can’t have that can we? After all, address information is so much more inaccurate. That will only get you within a few feet of the front door. Figuring it out from there may be too stressful for the poor Census takers.
The truth is that there is no good reason for the government to gather and store this information in a free society. There are however a number of reasons that a totalitarian government may want this type of data. For instance, weapons systems can be programmed with these coordinates for targeting. Hitler and Stalin would have loved this kind of data. I’ll leave the rest to your imagination but none of the reasons for gathering this data are good.
There are reports already circulating that Census workers have violated trespassing laws to gather data and that people who have attempted to kick them off their property are being threatened with jail time and fines.
The Census is supposed to provide a count of people living in this country. But the questions on the census now go way beyond that. Among other things, they are asking people if they own guns, and how many they own. Some people are being asked what kind of toilets they have. What stocks they own. How much money they have in their bank accounts.
None of this is the government’s business, and the idea that the government may be able to get the GPS coordinates of every gun owner in the country is quite worrisome. Most people will probably provide this information because both Census workers and the Census forms say that you must answer or you could face jail time. The courts however have not agreed with this position.
The only data you really need to give the government is the number of people in your home. Take a look at the following video. You should find the information quite interesting.
When the Census workers come to your door, don’t answer it. And when you get your Census form in the mail, just give the government the bare minimum. There is no reason that any of us should assist the federal government in spying on us. The truth of the matter is that rather than us fearing the government, the government should fear the people. Under the Constitution, government workers are merely OUR employees.
byJim Malmberg
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