A census counts every resident in the United States and is required by the Constitution to take place every 10 years. The 2010 Census will help communities to receive federal funds each year for hospitals, job training centers, emergency services, schools, senior centers, bridges, tunnels and other-public works projects. I think the census is a good idea. It is very useful for the community and nice that the government is providing services to the community.
We should have everybody in the states to be counted because we could make our communities whole lot better. I read an article said that in the 2000 Census, “an estimated 373,567 people in Texas were uncounted.” It cost “Texas about $1 billion in lost federal funds, according to a Price Waterhouse Cooper report on the census.” There might a chance that Texas will be the biggest winner since the 2000 Census. The counts might cause to pick up three or four seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. These seats may not result in a huge change of the direction in our electoral college but they are important.
Let just hope that everybody in Texas turn in their census to let the state know the population of your state. We can get enough money to do public works projects, to improve our communities, schools and etc. If some people don’t do it, the state would not provide enough money for the communities to achieve the services in Texas. It is very important to turn in the census. One person being can make a difference in Texas.
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This is my first time filling out the census form. I didn’t know what it was and why I have to fill out the form until I learned about it in the class room. And also the blog on “Texas state and local government” made it very clear why we need to fill out the form. The blogger said filling the senses form helps the government to determine how many people live in the house hold and how much money to bring in to Texas. The blogger also told us that filling out the form makes more job available for house of representatives. the blogger did a good job on clarifying why we need to fill out the form, what would happen if we don’t fill out the form the consequences would be drastic.
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