Stormin Mormon wrote:
Anyone know what's legally permitted to ask? I remember from
school that the goal is to count the people, so they can
move the congressional districts around and properly
represent the people. Other than the number of people living
at the residence, what other informatiin is legally
required?


The constitutional requirement is to count noses, nothing more. But
Congress did pass a law at some point, allowing them to ask all sorts of
other questions. For Our Own Good, of course, so they could properly
pass out all the 'free' federal money that never should have been
collected in the first place. A favorite pet peeve of mine- they steal
our money, then give some back, minus their cut of course, and they have
the sheeple so well conditioned that they are grateful to get it. Most
of the stuff the feds give aid money to state and local governments for,
should have been financed at the local level in the first place. (And if
the people that benefit from a service are not willing to pay for it,
well, maybe it shouldn't happen?)

Making such a high percentage of the tax money flow through Washington
is nothing but a power grab, making state and local governments close to
irrelevant. Getting all that keen demographic data from the census
process may make their job easier, but much of what they ask for is none
of their damn business.

And on a pragmatic side rant, as we approach April 15- since the power
grab by Washington is long since a fait accompli, why do we still need
to file multiple tax returns? (especially since many states and
localities now require duplicates of some of the federal forms with
their returns.) Close to 2/3 of all returns are now e-filed, either
directly or through a commercial preparer. Just have one big computer in
the sky, and dole out the money based on address of the filer. For the
logo of this new system, I suggest the taxman and his ax-man sidekick
from the 'Hagar the Horrible' comic strip.

--
aem sends...