A Question I would like to see added to the 2010 U.S. Census...
A Question I would like to see added to the 2010 U.S. Census...
Q: Do you, or someone you know, have children in the family, where the children sometimes do not get enough to eat?
My intention with the question would not be to implicate any head of houshold for any form of criminal neglect.
I do believe, though, that the question is seen, and would be seen by some, but not most Americans, as a question on the verge of violation of the common perception of right to have protection from the invasion of personal privacy.
One out of every eight people that you know, if you live in the United States, lives in a condition of poverty.
The conditions in other parts of the Earth are abysmal, and completely abhorrent to people with common decent principles of behaving humanely towards their fellow man.
The government (the people) of The United States of America will be spending upward of $14 Billion U.S. Dollars for the 2010 census data to be correctly collected.
The projected 2020 census costs(in 2010 U.S. Dollars) is about twice that ($28 Billion).
I think the question is fair to ask.
In my opinion, it would give an accurate measure of the opinion of Americans as to where we stand in regard to the reality of the issue of hunger in American homes.
Your comments and input are very much appreciated.
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Comments (2)
Gregory Miller4
Financial & Educational Consultant (Institutional)
Thank you, ppl_Cheryl63,
Sometimes, our idyllic questions would make more practical sense, if most of us weren't also cynical, and I hope we can all afford to be a bit more idealistic as well.
It would be nice if we had a more practical method of collecting real information, more often than every 10 years.
As a question on the verge of invasion of the right of privacy, I agree with you that it, like household income, has a meaning that goes deeper than privacy.
"Gentrification" also
Cheryl Baumgartner12
Medical Billing/Coding/Insurance
A valid question but not a valid question for the census anymore than household income is a valid question. These question not only invade to privacy of the responders but it also throws the data off.
Let's say you have a few poor families living in a "gentrified" area. While this family has probably been there for years the Higher incomes reported bu the families "Gentrifying the area makes that area look more prosperous than it truly is. Because what was once a "poor" area that has a hig