It’s Intrusive What’s my income? Do I have a toilet? Do you need to know? ‘I can understand why people don’t want to give over that information to the government … I’m not so sure I would do it either,’ says G.W.
It’s Benign ‘There’s nothing to fear … and everything to gain by giving the most accurate picture of who we are.’ (Cincinnati Enquirer)
It’s Biased The 1990 Census undercounted minorities. ‘It is extremely callous for politicians to suggest [not filling out the Census] to anyone in our communities,’ says one NAACP head.
It Doesn’t Matter ‘In fact … the impact of the undercount is relatively small.’ (The Economist) When the undercount figures get corrected, not much actually changes in terms of federal aid or congressional seats.
