Census chills the senses

The Census is upon us. Who could miss the numerous articles in the daily; most fretting over whether Hispanics will participate for fear of reprisals by law enforcement? “Years of debate over immigration reforms could have a chilling effect on Hispanic participation in this particular census,” they write.

Of course if those “Hispanics” are legal, they have nothing to worry about. If they are not, they shouldn’t be participating in a crucial headcount of America’s citizens. But this year about 13 million forms in Spanish will be sent to areas with high concentrations of people who speak Spanish. And for the first time ever, the 2010 count will tally “immigrant indigenous groups,” charmingly described as having a “distrust of the government.”

Wonder why?

There is a lot a stake, as we are reminded. Congressional representation is allotted based on population count, meaning a couple of new congressional districts could be in Arizona’s future.  Where the population growth is recorded has the possibility of shaking up the redistricting lines currently in place. Merit selection of judges is sure to be expanded beyond Maricopa and Pima counties, when the 250,000 population threshold is exceeded in growing rural counties –  thrusting them into a mix that removes their right to elect their judges.

The daily wrings its hands over what they view as Arizona being shortchanged by tens of millions of dollars in federal funding over the next decade, if the count is “inaccurate.”

Since the government does nothing to generate money, this federal manna from heaven is actually the feds dipping into our own back pockets to make us think we are getting something without cost. The newspaper phrases it this way: “The census directs the flow of trillions of dollars from Washington.” They have it exactly backwards, and are not factoring in the increasing national debt, but that’s the liberal mindset.

The Obama administration is allocating $340 million for this sham, with the certain involvement of the criminal enterprise ACORN, under whatever alias they might be using this time around.

But regional office spokesman, Doug Wayland said the Census Bureau plans its own targeted media campaign, a strategy that helped lift the national response rate in 2000. “This time it will be directed at ethnic media outlets in traditionally hard-to-reach communities,” he said.

Figure that?