The data in that last post is obsolete.

I received yet another post card today from the U.S. census bureau.  This time though, they want me to go to work for them.

• Good Pay
• Flexible Hours
• Close to Home

“These are temporary, part-time jobs that offer good pay, flexible schedules, and paid training.”  And when we’re done, you can go back to collecting unemployment that the government will continue extending out until who knows when…

Ok, that last part is mine (in case you missed the significance of the quotes).

I’d go recalculate what this additional mailing is costing the U.S. taxpayer, but it probably have to redo the math tomorrow when I get another post card…

Until then, don’t forget to pay your taxes.

General Census, government spending

On the census.

Three weeks ago I got a post card in the mail indicating I’d get the census in the mail within the next two weeks.

Two weeks ago I received the census in the mail, telling me I needed to provide the name and number of those living in my house on April 1, but I needed to return the census as soon as possible.  Presumably before April 1. I filled it out and mailed it in two days after receiving it.

One week ago I got another post card in the mail reminding me to fill out the census and mail it in ASAP.  But if I’ve already done it, there is nothing else for me to do.

Thanks.  Got it.

Two out of three mailings weren’t required, one of which wasn’t even applicable to my situation.

So here’s how the math works out.  It costs the average Joe $0.28 to mail a post card in the United States.  There are also just over 110,000,000 households in the United States.

So neglecting any “Government Discounts” on postage, and a varying household rate, that equates to $30.8 million in un-needed postage.

Sure makes that $2.5 million Super Bowl ad seem pretty cheap, doesn’t it?

General Census, government spending

An ugly era in our country is right around the corner.  Spending is out of control.  The misunderstanding of our own Constitution by our own representatives is reprehensible.

If fact, it’s become apparent that our representatives really aren’t representing any longer, they simply vote to keep their jobs.

In that light, please let me send a bit of a warning to our fellow Americans in Washington.  When the taxpayer no longer sees their money as being spent frugally, they stop paying taxes.  Laws be damned.

Our government is one of the most corrupt in the World.  It should become obvious when labor unions sway votes even though the general public doesn’t want legislation.

Finance, Frugal Living, Taxes