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could be a long list indeed, but I'll show restraint. From
Bob Barr, who I think is a principled, stand-up guy, even if I don't
always like what he says and does, I learned this.
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Census workers can enter your apartment in your absence
What many Americans don’t realize, is that census workers — from the
head of the Bureau and the Secretary of Commerce (its parent agency)
down to the lowliest and newest Census employee — are empowered under
federal law to actually demand access to any apartment or any other
type of home or room that is rented out, in order to count persons in
the abode and for “the collection of statistics.” If the landlord of
such apartment or other leased premises refuses to grant the
government worker access to your living quarters, whether you are
present or not, the landlord can be fined $500.00.
That’s right — not only can citizens be fined if they fail to answer
the increasingly intrusive questions asked of them by the federal
government under the guise of simply counting the number of people in
the country; but a landlord must give them access to your apartment
whether you’re there or not, in order to gather whatever “statistics”
the law permits.
In fact, some census workers apparently are going even further and
demanding — and receiving — private cell phone numbers from landlords
in order to call tenants and obtain information from them. Isn’t it
great to live in a “free” country?
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Hmmm. I wonder if that's what's behind Census Takers Targeted in More than 100 Assaults in May? Bad as that abuse is, it doesn't come close to Asset Forfeiture: when it come to jack-boot government.
The first I heard of asset forfeiture was on a 60-Minutes
segment, maybe 20 years ago. A guy was going to South America,
and had no luggage. The feds questioned him before his flight, and
discovered he had around $20,000 in cash on him. They assumed he
was going to buy drugs, and confiscated his money.
Slam-bam, on the spot! They confiscated the car he drove to the
airport as well, if I remember correctly.
It turned out he had a legitimate reason for flying to S.A. with that
bundle, but too bad. The courts upheld the seizure. I long
ago asked myself, was putting a few mafiosi in prison worth that loss
of our freedom? Yeah, Asset Forfeiture is the spawn of RICO,
which has been the most abused, and politicized law on the books.
Reason has more on this. It stinks, and needs dismantling.
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Our governments at every level have become an organized criminal conspiracy.
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census workers / stalkers / home invaders
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PS "Asset Forfeiture:" linky - NW
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Some have interpreted the code to mean the manager/superintendent/owner of a multiple unit hotel/apartment house/tenement is required to allow census workers ingress to the building only, not the individual apartments within. Others disagree.
ReplyDeleteWhatever the case, the penalty for refusing access is $500. The penalty for denying egress is also $500, so I guess you can't let them in, tie them up and leave 'em in the basement unless it's worth that much to you.
§ 223. Refusal, by owners, proprietors, etc., to assist census employees
WBB
Link fixed -- props WBB
ReplyDeleteProbably only the beginning. In Denmark we have at least 146 exceptions to the law about the privcý of our homes. And that is physical intrusion.
ReplyDeleteThis time I was home when the Census guy came by. I had known all along there would be trouble when I got two census forms to fill out. I filled one out and mailed it back. “Chuck” came by to do a manual census for scofflaws. But I’m not a scofflaw, since I mailed mine in. So I ignored the notice. And the second one.
ReplyDeleteAccording to law, “Chuck” can only do two follow-ups. But he came by a third time today, and I happened to be home. So I went out to the apartment building lobby to talk to him.
“Hi. I’m with the Census, and we need to fill out this form.”
“I mailed it in already.”
Snorts. “Yeah, they all say that.”
So he comes to my home to call me a liar. My government at work.
I mentioned that there had been a duplicate mailing. I intended to ask why he then needed to do a manual survey. But he cut me off.
“Yeah we know about that. The whole area got two mailings.”
So now he comes to my home to be rude to me. And he won’t explain why he needs to do a manual survey. Like, for example, since there was a duplicate mailing, they automatically tossed all the returns. That would make sense to a government.
What he says is, “So my way you get counted, but your way you count as Zero.”
“But I can’t count as zero. I filled in the form and mailed it in. Your way I count twice.”
“Look, if you don’t do this now, I count you as ‘Refused’ and you don’t get counted and someone else will come by.”
“I filled out the form and mailed it in.”
He’s now had three chances to tell me why that isn’t good enough, but he won’t. I turn away.
“So you refuse?”
“I mailed the form in. I’ve been counted.”
I close the security door on him and go back to my apartment. When I go out to get the mail, he’s posted signs for 3 more apartments to contact him. He’s already done that twice, and the law says he can only try twice. This is his third attempt for all four of us.
But he’s from the government. I’m merely a citizen and taxpayer.
Get the citation that says "three times," and when he comes again, make a citizen's arrest and call the police. Or strangle him.
ReplyDeleteActually, they've declared these twerps to be law enforcement officers now.
ReplyDeleteTell him to go get a search warrant.