Quote

I'd love to thwart the Census form, but I want a constitutional basis for doing it - and here's the tricky thing. I think even constitutional purists would tell you that just because something isn't in the Constitution does not mean the government cannot do it.

— Mark Davis

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

←Previous Next→

✓Similar Perspectives

The census should not be political.

— Blake Farenthold

The reason the government sells the census as your ticket to getting goodies - rather than as your civic duty - is that distributing goodies is now all the government does.

— Tom G. Palmer

It's often difficult for conservatives to separate overall government intervention from a question as simple as the census.

— Patrick McHenry

The Census Bureau can ask citizens very invasive questions, and if they don't respond, the government shows up at their door and threatens them with a fine.

— Jeff Duncan

We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened.

— Pete du Pont

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.

— Aaron Sorkin

The government has become a mechanism for distributing largess, and your census form is your ticket.

— Tom G. Palmer

Sampling, statisticians have told us, is a much more effective way of getting a good census.

— Rob Lowe

Americans are fed up with these mandatory census surveys, and they're asking us to stop the harassment.

— Jeff Duncan

✗Opposing Perspectives

Conservatives need to know how important it is to fill out the census. It is one of the only things our Constitution specifically asks of U.S. citizens and boycotting will just help liberals expand government even further.

— Patrick McHenry