Runaway Census Cost Is Frightening Preview of True Obamacare Price Tag
by Gregg OpelkaFriday’s May jobs figure is vastly skewed because of the hundreds of thousands of temporary census employees—approximately 411,000—hired to perform the decennial enumeration of the U.S. population and gather concomitant vital information. In the coming days, economists will be assessing the distorting effect the addition of these temporary public sector workers has on the restoration or creation of employment and the overall strength or weakness of the economic recovery.
A few non-economists like myself, however, will be asking a very different question.
Namely—what can the history of the cost of performing the once-a-decade head count reveal about how government-run health care costs will behave? Will Obamacare be the exception to the runaway cost rule? Let’s use the census as a yardstick.
To keep this analysis at its most simple, let us compare the rate at which the population increased with the rate at which the cost of counting it (the decennial census) increased. That sounds sensical enough.
According to Appendix A-1 of Jason Gauthier’s 2002 study entitled Measuring America: The Decennial Censuses from 1790 to 2000, the cost to perform the census has risen over the decades at a rate staggeringly higher than the rate of the growth of the population itself. What does this mean? Simply put, that bureaucracy is obese. Morbidly obese.
Whatever the opposite of efficiency is, the cost of taking the census epitomizes it.
Consider this chart from Gauthier’s study:
| YEAR | POPULATION | CENSUS COST |
| 1790 | 3,929,214 | $44,377 |
| 1800 | 5,308,483 | $66,109 |
| 1810 | 7,239,881 | $178,445 |
| 1820 | 9,633,822 | $208,526 |
| 1830 | 12,866,020 | $378,545 |
| 1840 | 17,069,458 | $ 833,371 |
| 1850 | 23,191,876 | $1,423,351 |
| 1860 | 31,443,321 | $1,969,377 |
| 1870 | 38,558,371 | $3,421,198 |
| 1880 | 50,155,783 | $5,790,678 |
| 1890 | 62,979,766 | $11,547,127 |
| 1900 | 76,303,387 | $11,854,000 |
| 1910 | 91,972,266 | $15,968,000 |
| 1920 | 105,710,620 | $25,117,000 |
| 1930 | 122,775,046 | $40,156,000 |
| 1940 | 131,669,275 | $67,527,000 |
| 1950 | 151,325,798 | $91,462,000 |
| 1960 | 179,323,175 | $127,934,000 |
| 1970 | 203,302,031 | $247,653,000 |
| 1980 | 226,542,199 | $1,078,488,000 |
| 1990 | 248,718,301 | $2,492,830,000 |
| 2000 | 281,421,906 | $4,500,000,000 |
| 2010 | 308,983,000* | $14,500,000,000* |
*2010 estimates are the GAO’s own best guesses. For more information, visit its site here.
Now let’s add three more columns, (1) the average cost per person counted along with (2) the year-on-year rate of growth of the population and (3) the year-on-year rate of increases in the census costs. That chart looks like this:
| YEAR | POPULATION | COST OF CENSUS | CENSUS COST PER PERSON | RATE OF YEARLY POP. GROWTH | RATE OF YEARLY COST GROWTH |
| 1790 | 3,929,214 | $44,377 | 1.13 cents | N/A | N/A |
| 1800 | 5,308,483 | $66,109 | 1.24 cents | 35.10% | 48.97% |
| 1810 | 7,239,881 | $178,445 | 2.46 cents | 36.38% | 169.93% |
| 1820 | 9,633,822 | $208,526 | 2.16 cents | 33.07% | 16.86% |
| 1830 | 12,866,020 | $378,545 | 2.94 cents | 33.55% | 81.53% |
| 1840 | 17,069,4 | $ 833,371 | 4.88 cents | 32.67% | 120.15% |
| 1850 | 23,1976 | $1,423,351 | 6.14 cents | 35.87% | 70.79% |
| 1860 | 31,443,321 | $1,969,377 | 6.26 cents | 35.58% | 38.36% |
| 1870 | 38,558,371 | $3,421,198 | 8.87 cents | 22.63% | 73.72% |
| 1880 | 50,155,783 | $5,790,678 | 11.54 cents | 30.08% | 69.26% |
| 1890 | 62,979,766 | $11,547,127 | 18.33 cents | 25.57% | 99.41% |
| 1900 | 76,303,387 | $11,854,000 | 15.54 cents | 21.16% | 2.66% |
| 1910 | 91,972,266 | $15,968,000 | 17.07 cents | 20.53% | 34.71% |
| 1920 | 105,710,620 | $25,117,000 | 23.76 cents | 14.94% | 57.30% |
| 1930 | 122,775,046 | $40,156,000 | 32.71 cents | 16.14% | 59.88% |
| 1940 | 131,669,275 | $67,527,000 | 51.29 cents | 7.24% | 68.13% |
| 1950 | 151,325,798 | $91,462,000 | 60.44 cents | 14.93% | 35.45% |
| 1960 | 179,323,175 | $127,934,000 | 71.34 cents | 18.50% | 39.88% |
| 1970 | 203,302,031 | $247,653,000 | $1.22 | 13.37% | 93.58% |
| 1980 | 226,542,199 | $1,078,488,000 | $4.76 | 11.43% | 335.48% |
| 1990 | 248,718,301 | $2,492,830,000 | $10.02 | 9.79% | 131.14% |
| 2000 | 281,421,906 | $4,500,000,000 | $15.99 | 13.15% | 80.52% |
| 2010 | 308,983,000* | $14,500,000,000* | $46.93* | 9.79%* | 222.22%* |
*2010 estimates from GAO (see above).
You don’t need to hold an MBA from the Harvard Business School to recognize fiscal management run amok. Not only is no one minding the store—they’re giving it away.
Look at one short example from the above table: taking the census cost a little more than 60 cents per person in 1950 ($91.4 million). It is projected to cost nearly $47 per person in 2010 ($14.5 billion). That’s a whopping 7822% increase in cost per person. During the same time, the population rose by 100% (i.e., doubled) from 150 million to over 300 million. But the overall cost of counting it (the census) rose by 15,800%. This is fiscal discipline only Greece could be proud of.
Counting heads is a relatively simple procedure. Especially when compared to much more complex endeavors such as curing cancers, treating pain, setting fractured bones, diagnosing illnesses, providing emergency treatment and the like.
If the costs of a relatively simple administrative procedure like taking the decennial census have a history of spiraling wildly out of control, what is the graph of runaway Obamacare costs going to look like? Imagine the price tag of having the government in charge of keeping Americans healthy—compared to just counting their noses.
The CBO was merely a pawn used by the Obama administration to lend a much-needed imprimatur to its incredible claims of lowered health care costs in order to hoodwink legislators into passing and the public into accepting this massive entitlement. But as one economic wag described the validity of the CBO’s projections a month or so ago on Kudlow and Company: “Fantasy in, fantasy out.” FIFO. The public has shown itself less gullible than the lawmakers—it still widely supports repeal by a 63% majority according to a recent Rasmussen poll of 1000 likely voters.
If you think Obamacare looks expensive now, just massage the CBO’s risibly unrealistic projections with a little reality from the census’s actual costs over the decades. The census cost spiral demonstrates that in no time at all Obamacare will grow so obese it’ll have to be pushed around in a wheelchair.
That is, unless enough educated dissenters vote this wrong-headed law’s supporters out of office in November and begin the long hard uphill push to repeal. Then and only then will Obamacare have a chance of winding up where it really belongs–not in a wheelchair, but on a gurney.
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Money is no object if politicans can get more seats.
Isn't calling Universal Healthcare ,Obama-Care, an oxymoron? He didn't care that the majority of the population was against the bill.
My husband has lived in the same location for 25+ years and I've been with him for 10 and yet, we have yet to receive a census form, phone call or visitor concerning the census.
why is anybody surprised by this, the scary thing should be the 2020 censes, does anybody think a private company could do this for less, and also be more accurate? i don't see why the 2000 census, also done by a democrat bill clinton, could have been done for so much less than obama? walter e williams brings up another point, the constitution does not fix the number of congressmen, and perhaps we should increase the number of representatives in the house. this will make buying votes even more expensive, and increase the accountability of members in the house.
Obamacare is a joke, when has the government done anything correctly and cost effectively?
"Giving government money and power is like giving car keys and whiskey to a teenage boy" — P.J. O'Rourke
"Term limits aren't enough. We need jail." — P. J. O'Rourke
this is a grossly unfair comparison. once upon a time, the purpose of the census was to actually COUNT CITIZENS. now however, it is charged with multiple tasks such as legitimizing the presence of illegal aliens, propping up job numbers in a failing economy, justifying indefensible pork, skewing data for congressional representation, etc., etc., etc., etc. the author has just written another obviously right-wing hit piece…
So…how do we get these guys in orange jumpsuits in our lifestimes?
I wonder if there are other explanations for increased costs. Did they always do the fingerprinting and FBI background checks of census workers they do now? Did they always have to chase people who are hiding from census takers because they have irrational fears of responding to the census? These actions are necessary because a lot of the right wing scare stories out there about the census, but they cost a lot of money to appease these concerns.
When you consider that 72 percent of the population was counted by sending in the census forms. Where the cost per person should be the cost of the form, and postage two ways + plus a small amount to run the form through a optical reader. That leaves the cost of counting eye to eye more like $166 per person instead of $47.00
Gee, sometimes I hate it when I'm right.
You seem to be missing something. Of course the census was designed to be a head count of each citizen, and by doing that, it alone already knows who is and who isnt a citizen. As for the job numbers, its only tempory government work, and jobs will fall again whenever the census is done. There is no justifying indefensible pork, and the census has nothing to do with that. As for scewing data, politicians do that all the time and will always scew the numbers into their favor.
It doesnt matter if it is the left or the right, the census is just an overblown excuse for the government to spend more of our money. The census needs to be simplied once more, and drop all the unneeded crap thats in there, and no more census workers either, just mail the damn thing.
read the constitution, and get back to me. this is what the census is for, nothing else. the extras are politicians thinking they are smater than everybody else.
i live on a street with only 39 houses, i have a census guy who has been working my block for two weeks, and i don't think he is done yet. the house next to me is empty, i have told the guy three times, yet he keeps asking who lived there april first. he id determined to have a empty box tell him the house is empty.
This is redundant… everything the government gets into becomes "runaway".
You forgot the elaborate, expensive advertisements they ran during the Super Bowl!
What is it going to take for the American people to wake up to the fact that the government has ONE objection…TO TAKE OVER the private sector!! I can't remember a time in history (in my lifetime!) when the government did anything right when they 'take over' anything! Look at the mess we have with medicaid and social security, welfare and every other entitlement, the dangle in front of the lazies out there!
I dont get the right wing scare stories you are talking about there. I dont know anyone on the left or the right that is afraid of the census. The only thing the census is, and that thing is a head count and nothing more. Anything beyond that is political garbage. The census itself should be no more than a single page, and be mailed to all legal residence.
The census worker has become a big waste of money and has been for a long time. Its just something part of the system that just doesnt work and hasnt worked for decades.
In all, there is no legitimate reason for the census to cost as much as it has.
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Who put a picture of my 401k at the top of this post?
Looks like a pie chart from Hell.
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Duh! Most anything the government touches turns to crap, deathcare will not be the exception.
Your study would be more statistically valid if you used constant dollars instead of raw dollars., especially because you're talking about such a long time period. Still, the whopping increase in cost of 2010 over 2000 is staggering and proves once again my thinking that Obama isn't interested in any program unless he can throw a few billion at it.
No they didn't do the moronic fingerprinting and FBI checks. I've done a lot of census research from the 19th century for genealogy purposes: the local sheriff did the count.
Those advertising expenses were peanuts compared to the overall budget.
This is what you get when you have a country run by a community organizer with a house full of academics that have no experience running anything. All this coupled with a complete disregard for the financial realities of the mission makes for a bad outcome.
They only see themselves in control of the purse strings of limitless funds, all on the backs of the few of us actual taxpayers that are left.
This Census fiasco is merely the tip of the iceberg and until WE the TAXPAYERS of this country tell them enough is enough then this foolish disregard for us that are paying for this nonsense will continue.
Vote for TRUE fiscal conservatives in November and don't be fooled by the RHINOS and BLUE DOGS……….they are nothing but a pack of liars.
1) yes, they've always had to chase people, but not because they had "irrational fears" (an irrational fear is one held by a liberal about guns); because people, including the Founding Fathers, had a "rational caution" about government intrusion.
2) "a lot of the right wing scare stories" would be nice if you could give one example (and fix your sentence).
3) "they cost a lot of money to appease these concerns"; again with the "a lot" (do you work in government accounting?). What money is being spent to appease what "concerns" exactly?
And remember, show your work.
This years census is a preview of Barack Hussein Obama's plans to share the wealth and to better align districts to suit his goals. This was not a simple counting exercise rather just more of the REGIMES plan to steal from the American taxpayer. I will be so very grateful if we can hold on till November to tie the fools hands and slam shut the CHINESE Credit Ponzi scheme. The BILDERBERGS are running rampant to destroy this nation and he is helping to loot the nation for their goals.
No matter what BHO may think, he will never be elected WORLD LEADER.
Ain't spendthrift grand? Why not just use current Social Security numbers? The margin for error may be less than that of the census takers. Now how about that?
The problem is that BO is trying to find out the number of illegals in this country to discover how many more votes will be added to the dim rosters when amnesty is granted.
how about you reading the definition of sarcasm and get back to me instead….
Part of the new ObamaCare is that patients will only be able to "Tweet" their doctors when they are ill – a SHOCKING scenario indeed reported by SPN at:
http://spnheadlines.blogspot.com/2010/03/obama-he...
Have a blessed weekend!
Fundamentally transforming the greatest nation on earth into a turd-world shithole was always about the transfer of wealth from the have to the have-nots, or more accurately, the will-nots.
The alignment of all the players and events was essential to the success of the coup and we have suffered grieviously by taking for granted what we had.
A question: Why do people leave their homes to come here? Answer: Because it's better here. Why? American exeptionalism's allure was sweet music indeed to all those who yearned for the liberty our country promised and they literally risked their very lives to catch even a glimpse of that dream. All you had to do was work hard and sacrifice to earn what was yours and, if you succeeded, could do with it what you wished. That simple precept gave rise to the most industrious, productive, lawful, charitable, people with the highest standard of living at any time in history and all that was required was to allow man the ability to choose his own destiny.
Now we have a co-opted private-sector industries, government-sponsored enterprises responsible in large part for the failure of our economy, massive giveaway programs, inattentive and tone-deaf public servants and 20 million illegal aliens stealing our precious resources(Rome, anyone?).
Since the age of Progressivism this country has been under siege by enemies of the simple idea, America, and the effects have been chilling as the agents of 'change', 'public servants' have worked tirelessly to rob us of our posterity through legislative, litigative or other pursuasive methods to ensure everyone enjoys the fruits of your labors, whether they earned them or not. While they might refer to this as 'social justice' you can rest assured it's simply tyranny.
Mr. Obama might be an American citizen, but his attempts to destroy this country through Gyorgy Schwartz's(George Soros)ruinous policies are not. This man must be impeached to send the message, if you'll pardon my Howard Beale moment, "We're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore."
i did read it, it said look at the census, if youare right, sarcasm is called for. so what part of counting people includes, superbowl ads, radio ads, television ads, multiple mailings. if people were educated in the constitution, they would understand, this is not how candy is rationed, or money for schools, but allocation of soon to be bribed congessman, who spend money to garner votes. also meader districts, so they can create a hispanic district, or black district. the law should be changed to make all districts have the shortest possible outline, instead of carving districts up like swiss cheese.
Why I voted Democrat…
- Freedom of speech is fine as long as I am not offended by it.
- I am 26, sponging off my mom and I want free Health Care.
- I wanted government to tax YOUR earnings and give ME things I want.
- Murdering helpless babies is ok as long as we keep all death row inmates alive.
- I wanted government to give Mexican imigrants free health care and education at YOUR expense.
- Pouring water on a terrorist's face is horrible, but killing a baby in the womb is good.
- Global Warming is a fact, even if those scientists can't tell the weather for next week.
- Profits of 4% on a gallon of gas are obscene but taxing the same gallon of gas at 25% is good.
- I wanted government to take over the auto industry and apply the efficiency of the US Post Office.
- If I knock-up my girlfriend I want government to use YOUR taxes to pay her to kill the baby.
Black Caucus wants to STOP ETHICS INVESTIGATIONS… http://usataxpayer.org/htm/blackcaucus.asp
Bureaucrats are Getting HUGE Raises… http://usataxpayer.org/htm/test.asp?A=28826856
I also agree that It would have been more useful if "constant" dollars were used for comparison purposes. I worked a 30 day employment duty for the Census in March. They took one day just to hire me plus the background check, fingerprints (not done digitally), and all the paperwork. The second day was for paid training. It reminded me of how we use to do paperwork in the early 1970s those those block spaces where you enter the information in all CAPS. Then later someone has to enter the data, correct mistakes, etc. Amazing; they didn't use any end-user input technology at all.
It was clear to me that the objective of the census this time around was to count non-citizens any way possible.
I would be willing to do the 2020 Census for 1/2 of what they are spending today. Just have a Web-form with verification and pay folks to complete them; perhaps giving them a $50 savings bond per household (which of course doesn't cost the government $50 but far lesss). This sould make everyone fairly happy, free money, government gets their information already entered into their system and participation would be well over 80% I suspect while the government saves a lot of money. Just a thought.
Obama "Is the Boss".. This shows how INCOMPETENT he really is, hiring hundreds of Marxists advisors to run the government while he plays Golf and continues to make LYING speeches. He would not get hired to run a shoe store yet the DUMBOS elected him POTUS.
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Liberals don't want you to have a "good" life, you have too much already, you don't need a nicer home, or take better care of your children, or even take a family vacation. These things will soon be in the past if we don't ONCE and for ALL banish Progressives from our LIFE.
Even if he is a "citizen" he is not "AMERICAN". He (by his own words) has aligned himself with Marxists Professors, radicals, America hating Jeramia Wright, Louis Farakhan, Valaree Jarett, Van Jones, George Soros (frequent White House visitor) Andy Stern etc. These people grew up in a different America, of thier own choosing. Certainly not part of the GREATEST GENERATION, perhaps part of the Worst Generation.
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Ummm… the Government already has a very good list of all the people who live in America… by name, age, and where they live… its all in the IRS database.
And for those who are NOT putting in the forms, and thus paying taxes? Why should they be counted towards enumeration for Congressional districts, as they are clearly not pulling their share of the load.
There ya go… just saved the Gov about 14.4 Billion dollars…
Even the Deficit Reduction Commission is asking for more money!
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So you are trying to explain away to bloated bureaucracy that Obama has made. There is now way you can explain away a projected $10 BILLION increase from the last census. Yes its all part of that vast right-wing conspiracy. You lefties bashed Bush at every opportunity and when we find fault with the appeaser in chief its a conspiracy. Kenneth, whats the frequency?
Don't try to confuse him, it will only hurt his self esteem
interesting information, but the table is not adjusted for inflation, so the numbers are not quite right
that said, the 14.5 billion price tag is ridiculous, and the census eliminated the long form, and their collection systems should be much more automated than 10 years ago
clearly, watchdogs need to audit this process, to really get at why the cost is what it is, and also to make sure the Census does not attempt to doctor the results. Congressional seats are at stake, so the forces of political economy are prone to manipulate the numbers. Recall that Obamas Chief of Staff attempted to make himself the census Czar and run the operation out of the White House.
Republicans are also prone to politics, which is why they wanted to keep Puerto Rico from being a state and adding 5 democrafts to congress. The census needs to be based on objective science, and the politicians and political hacks need to be keep well away from it.
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Well, the total number of seats are set: 435 for the US House and 100 for the Senate. What the census numbers affect is the redistricting and which states gain seats and which states lose seats. If Article The First had been ratified way back when The Constitution was first written, then more seats would be possible as the result of a census. (The number "435" is not in the US Constitution. It was not selected by the founders as a method of representation. It was never ratified by the 50 states. Instead, it was created by an act of the 70th Congress in 1929.)
Just be patient. I think it may happen. The corrupt administration ever.
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What sort of things encouraged counting of non-citizens?
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$14.5 million? Are you f'ing kidding me?
Furthermore, America coined the term 'to make money'. And we not only coined it, we held it as a virtue. Yes, I know that's a shock to the libtards today, but making money IS and used to be viewed in this country as a virtue. A man's productiveness is the measure of his virtue as a man. I really suggest everyone read Atlas Shrugged…you will be able to $h!t on any lefto's arguments when you realize that they're entire system of morality is based on the self-sacrifice of the productive members of society, however in order to not be seen as the thieving looters that they are, they require the consent of the victim (the looted)…they try to turn his own virtue into an evil and gain their consent to rob him through the guilt they extort. It's the same thing in EVERY socialist country. F'ing read ppl!
Not quite the P.J.,………at least,…
there is a limit on how much damage the teenage boy can do,……
while,………
Which of you, besides medicare or medicade recipients, are enrolled in a Govt. run health care system that you were not enrolled in last year? I do not know anyone who has been forced to change any of their health care choices as a result of the health insurance reforms passed by Congress. I have not seen any increase in my taxes since this was passed or since Pres. Obama took office I actually got a bigger refund this year than last.
Oh and when you start making this argument to leftists, you immediately see a wave of fear come over their face. They know you can call their ace out at anytime and destroy it. If nothing else, it's worth it for this.
Census used as INFILTRATION DEVICE and puts terrorists on the govt dole…what election nov2…martial law is more likely for mao does not give back power.
Do yourself a favor there 1/2head,….
Do not,……I repeat,…….DO NOT,………
buy any bridges or land in Florida.
All this talk about ,……..
the census,…
the oil spill,……
SEIU,……..
Arizona,………..
What's the status of this KAGAN gal (?),…….///////
or reproduce, operate heavy equipment, or seek positions of influence or authority.
Runaway Kowtowing to the Financial Cartels and Big Oil Companies and America's Richest Citizens Is Frightening Preview of The True Bush Legacy
Article written by Gregg Opelka when he was 12!
i sure hope he takes our adviser.
Fellow Republican Congressman Patrick McHenry (N.C.), Lynn Westmoreland (Ga.) and John Mica (Fla.), members of the Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Information Policy, Census and National Archives, which oversees the census, asked Michelle Bachmann not to encourage others to boycott the population count.
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Greg, your usual submissions are pedantic cries for an editor. This adds the element of incoherence. I suspect someone threatened you with a horrible lower body injury if you didn't make a comparison between the history of the census and future health care cost projections from the non-partisan CBO. Next time, remember: pain is temporary, your reputation as a writer is permanent. Take the pain, lose the thesaurus.
'Not in their nature, whatever "nature" means in Leftard world.
I suppose it would have been too easy just to let the Postal Service do it seeing as they already go to virtually every home in America anyway and already have a certain bond of trust with most of the public.
But then again how could you fire them and rehire them every 30 days to inflate the job numbers and pretend your "economic plan" is saving the Republic.
We are so screwed.
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Here is a theme song for U.S. all. http://bandofpatriots.us/
Also, this needs to be on all of our protest signs as well.
Restore the Republic
I am not one for boycotting the census, the only thing I will write on there is just the head count and nothing else. After the head count, one can leave the rest blank.
As for the ones actually boycotting it, unless you have proof otherwise, I think they are boycotting everything after the headcount, if not, then they are idiots to. In care you havent noticed, I dont give a damn if a canidate or public official is democrat or republican, its about what they stand for and hold to what they say.
of course there were increased costs. take the letter sent 2 weeks ahead of the census form telling you there was going to be a census. that was a nice chunk of change wasted and it helped fill some land fills.
you don't need to adjust for inflation. the table is used to show a cost per person analysis and upward percentage growth. you can't show upward percentage growth if the numbers from the beginning are adjusted for inflation.
would be nice if the census was away from the political process,,,,but the white house has control now, as opposed to how it was done for decades.
uhmmmm,,,that's BILLION with a BIG B.
sorry,,,your comment is so funny,,,and uninformed. what is your point? even though obamacare hasn't started it has already had an impact on corporations.
as far as tax goes….you would see it as some object or service costing a little more…like say an afternoon at a tanning salon. they are already hit with a 10% tax on their service.
i think everyone else is aware of the rigging of the cbo numbers by the amount of info put in (and left out) of the bill. if you missed it, might be a good time to find out how much MORE the hcr is going to cost than initially computed for propaganda purposes.
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Nice Article Gregg, You Census chart is very timely and well done.
Thnx
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Gotta be careful with sarcasm. Especially when it mirrors the insane arguments from the progressives. Probably have to make it even more outrageous to be recognized as sarcasm. Too close to the truth.
Don't forget the Super Bowl commercial telling there would be a letter telling you a census was coming, was coming. Or the letter telling you they had sent a census form.
Let's do some "ballpark" math. If there are 350 million people in the country — including illegals and others — and there are (conservative estimate) 650,000 census workers, then that's one census worker per 538.46 citizens/residents. I think most any of us could count and collect data on 534 people in about a week — even with all those generous lunch breaks and training days.
Document dump on Friday from the Clinton Library — threat of other documents being withheld under "executive privilege" — she'll eventually get approval.
Tax increases to support the behemoth bill will kick in over the next few years. Your tax refund from 2009 had nothing to do with ObamaCare (which, of course, will be found to be unconstitutional).
OOhhhh Republicans,……
can't live with you,…..can't live woithout you.
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I like the article and feel that the cost has increased too much, however, I feel that inflation should be included in the chart. To say that the cost in 1790 was 1.13 cents and the cost in 2000 was $15.99 sounds bad. But if one thinks about inflation it makes the change not seem as large. For example, a gallon of milk cost 31 cents in 1907 and in 2000 it cost $2.75, an almost 900% increase. It would be nice if the numbers were given in the same (year) dollars.
Whew. For a second there, I thought I read you incorrectly. Nicely done.
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Interestingly, the census form asks far more than the basic number of occupants/residents in a home required by the Constitution of the United States of America. Number of residents is all they got from me, no race, age, color, job, nothing. That is all they are entitled to and all I am required to provide per the Constitution.
something not taken into account on unemployment is the number of people no longer eligible for it because they've been unemployed for longer than the benefits can be collected.
since they don't actually "earn" any money, is it any wonder that they just spend it like they do?
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Does anybody know if the $2.5 Million – 30 second Super Bowl add was included in the census calculations?
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I totally agree with the concern over the runaway cost of this edition of the Census, but there are some misconceptions on some of the reason for spiraling expense. One of the simplest ways to cut Census cost would be if everyone mailed back the form they originally got in the mail. That would eliminate the $50 cost per Census form to have someone personally go out and find the household and conduct the interview. The cost spirals higher when you consider that often the residents are not home and multiple visits are required. It continues to spiral when you have folks that won't give Census info so more visits and looking for someone cooperative is needed. With the current climate of dissatisfaction with the administration, many people are not cooperating with the Census and this just drives the cost up more.
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