re: #206 lobo91

There is no justification for it under the Constitution, but the information isn’t entirely useless, either.

Although a lot of it is used by marketing people, most of the questions they ask are of at least some value to state and local governments. The questions about pets, for example, can be used to cross-check the number of pets that have been licensed in a city, so they can get an idea of how well people are complying with the registration laws.

As someone with a public administration background who’s also a conservative, I’m kind of conflicted over the whole thing. I can agree with the idea that it’s none of their business, while at the same time understanding the usefulness of the data.

I took a GIS (Geographic Information Systems) class in college and had access to all the raw census data. A lot of the data is useful for planning, and other things. I suppose the number of toilets is of interest to the sewer district. It’s one of those things, that if the info is needed it’s more a state function than the Federal Census which is for determining congressional districting.

It’s a big mistake to let CBBHO run it.