Leave it to the government to find another way to waste money.
Today I got a letter that said United States Census on the envelope.
I expected it to be the census form.
No.
It was a letter telling us that in a week, we will receive the 2010 Census form in the mail.
I wonder how many starving children could have been fed if they had donated the money they spent writing, printing and mailing MILLIONS of letters.
I understand the importance of the census, but do they really think this letter is going to influence people who would never return it anyway? Offering people $1 to return their 2010 Census forms would have been more effective and probably cost less than they spent issuing these letters. Or better yet, offer to donate $1 to a U.S. charity for every form returned.
About Kim
Recently, I found the 2010 Census form hanging on my door. As I began filling it out, I came across a dilemma. The U.S. government wants to know if my children are adopted or not and it wants to know what our races are. Being adopted myself, I had to put “Other” and “Don’t Know Adopted” for my race and “Other” and “Don’t Know” for my kids’ races.
Can you imagine not knowing your ethnicity, your race? Now imagine walking into a vital records office and asking the clerk for your original birth certificate only to be told “No, you can’t have it, it’s sealed.”
How about being presented with a “family history form” to fill out at every single doctor’s office visit and having to put “N/A Adopted” where life saving information should be?
Imagine being asked what your nationality is and having to respond with “I don’t know”.
It is time that the archaic practice of sealing and altering birth certificates of adopted persons stops.
Adoption is a 5 billion dollar, unregulated industry that profits from the sale and redistribution of children. It turns children into chattel who are re-labeled and sold as “blank slates”.
Genealogy, a modern-day fascination, cannot be enjoyed by adopted persons with sealed identities. Family trees are exclusive to the non-adopted persons in our society.
If adoption is truly to return to what is best for a child, then the rights of children to their biological identities should NEVER be violated. Every single judge that finalizes an adoption and orders a child’s birth certificate to be sealed should be ashamed of him/herself.
I challenge all readers: Ask the adopted persons that you know if their original birth certificates are sealed.
I hear you and just yesterday we got a postcard saying that it’s illegal not to fill the stupid thing out. I did it already, leave me alone!
what a waste of time,truly.I wonder why they think this is necessary when they will never get an accurate count anyway.How many people who are not legal citizens are they going to get in this count..what an prime example of our pathetic government
Yes. I got the original letter telling me to expect the census. I got the Census. AND then a few days later, I got a post card telling me I had received the Census and better mail it back.
Waste. Waste Waste.
I got the card yesterday about having to do because it is law, also. They waste money sending us several things.
Then I got a card yesterday telling me I have to send it in BY LAW…at least the envelope goes back with no postage if mailed in the US.
They did a news story on these letters last night on the local news because somebody asked about the waste of money. Which I totally agree with, BTW!!
Supposedly… they spend $85M on sending out these letters, but the return on investment from it is 12% witch is equal to the savings they get from having to send people out to the addresses that do not respond. Or some BS like that, so it is supposed to be a wash and no “actual” money was wasted. I don’t know if I believe them or if that is just what the IRS is just saying… I’m a conspiracy therorist at heart. TeeHee :-)
Not only did they waste a ton of money on that stupid “it’s coming!” letter, hasn’t anyone else noticed that they scented it? Mine smells like incense. What the heck is up with that? Huh?
good thinking!! lol. I received mine and looked at it weird…why sent a letter to say open the letter that’s coming..??
I got that letter yesterday. What a waste!