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From: jeffd@ficc.ferranti.com (Jeff Daiell)
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Subject: Re: The Census
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Date: 8 Jan 91 22:22:40 GMT
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Philip Machanick writes:

> "Non-disadvantaged" people ...  don't have any specific reason to 
> be suspicious of authority.

Oh?  How about the income tax, the property tax, censorship, the draft, 
sales taxes, mail openings, wiretaps, anti-competitive regulation, gun 
control, inter alia?

But to return to your main thesis: because of the 14th Amendment, and 
subsequent "one person, one vote" rulings (which I support), a person 
count is Constitutionally essential.  My objections to the Census as 
currently handled are: (1) there is a coercive element (the fine, no 
matter how rarely invoked); (2) questions beyond the person count itself.  
It's none of Uncle's business how many rooms are in my house, etc.

Jeff Daiell