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| Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just announced plans to use the Postal Service to conduct the Census |
| 2025-02-28 |
| [X] Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick just announced plans to use the Postal Service to conduct the Census instead of wasting billions. USPS workers will also replace 20,000 Social Security workers. "We spend $40 billion every 10 years doing the census. And that means we hire 625,000 people. And they go, and they rent cars and gas, and you pay them food... They go to every household and count the people." "What department do we already have that already employs 625,000 people? It's got cars, already has gas, and goes to every household. [Answer: USPS]." "They can go to your house when you have a baby and give you the form for Social Security. And the 20,000 Social Security officers that we have, we just don't need them. We actually can do real customer service." "Let's use the assets of the government to make us better and save us money." |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #8 The Postal Service is already involved in the census. They deliver the census forms to the households and pick up the completed forms and deliver them for processing. If the form is not returned, a census worker goes to the location to verify if anyone is there and interviews them as to the number of occupants. Sometimes, this means working outside normal business hours. Census workers do *not* go to every household in America. The census workers get a few hours training on filling out forms, the minutia of federal privacy laws and how to deal with mass dwellings like jails, homeless shelters and migrant housing. They are paid hourly + IRS rates for mileage. tl;dr: Postal workers already have jobs What's the scoop on Lutnik? In addition to having questionable ideas, he gives off a late-night TV huckster vibe. "But wait, there's more!" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2025-02-28 19:54 |
| #7 ..have the counter clerk hand them the census form. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-02-28 13:48 |
| #6 There are quite a few places where "mailmen" don't go to your house, you have to go to the PO to pick up your mail. How are they gonna count them? |
| Posted by: alanc 2025-02-28 11:12 |
| #5 Some rurals get their mail at the PO. Don't want them revenuers coming around. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2025-02-28 08:29 |
| #4 Get my form via the mail anyway. Not apparent is that many of the rural deliveries are done by 'contracted' personnel. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2025-02-28 07:41 |
| #3 Poor business practices and a broken system to be handed an additional task? Perhaps a very limited pilot program in rural areas. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2025-02-28 07:30 |
| #2 Given, the Postal Union leans Left-Democrat. I expect ILLEGALS to be counted and other demographics to be undercounted. As it would help certain (D) Congressional redistricting and Agenda issues. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2025-02-28 06:55 |
| #1 Clean house before that happens. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2025-02-28 04:46 |