US Census - What History Tells US about the Information Collected.

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In 1942 the Congress passed the second War Powers Act which in part directed the Sect. of Commerce to turn over to other Government Officials Census Data including information gained from the Confidential Questionnaire. This information could be used in the War Effort. Some of the questions asked were the place of birth of you parents and citizenship. That data was made available to other branches of government and the people of Japanese Ancestry, considered a " Threat", were rounded up and placed in Concentration Camps. Those of German and Italian, also countries we were at war with were not. So much for keeping the data confidential. In the current census questions there are several about military service and active duty and training. Home Land Security considers Military veteran a "Threat". They ask several questions on housing and who is living in your house and how many bedrooms you have. I remember the scene in the Movie Dr. Zhivago, where the Dr. returns home only to find others living with them. His wife tells him that the government committee determined they had room for other who did not have proper housing. I own a 4 bedroom house with just my wife and I. Can I expect a Homeless Family to move in with me because I have room. Isn't that a way to "spread the wealth"? There are several references to this information is needed by business, banking and employment agencies to plan. If the need the information let them ask it not the government. The majority of the justification is that Social Services needs this information for providing programing and developing new programs. I say we have enough social programs now that are costing way too much and not doing what they are supposed to do except employ Social Workers to tell me how to live my life. The US Constitution, Article 1, Section 2, requires a Census for the purpose of providing representation in The House of Representatives. Count the people and no more. This data was used once before to protect the country and millions of innocent people were locked up with no constitutional protections.