Responding to census benefits all SOME people are refusing to return census forms, even though that is required by law. Some politicians haven t helped matters. Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush said he wasn t sure he would answer all the questions.
Good reasons exist to cooperate.
A big enough boycott could affect how federal money, programs and services are divvied up. Census workers are redoubling their efforts to make sure that everyone is counted which wasn t the case in 1990 so that every city and region gets its fair share of federal help. The Census is a statistical snapshot of the United States. It s irresponsible for any politician, especially one who aspires to be president, to suggest breaking the law by refusing to fill out census forms. And while skepticism toward government is healthy, if citizens weigh all factors, they should be inclined to cooperate with the census takers.