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04 Jun 2010 10:42

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Biz: Census jobs: They boost your figures, then go away fast

  • 411,000 the number of added May jobs that came from the Census alone (i.e. most of them)
  • 9.7% the current jobless rate; expect that to go back up when the Census goes away source

12 Sep 2009 12:48

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U.S.: ACORN and the Census: No longer working together

  • Glenn Beck strikes again. Thanks to this video and a bunch of other reasons, the U.S. Census has severed its relationship with community organizers ACORN. It was a number of things, but this video above, which shows the organization’s D.C. and Baltimore offices helping a woman pretending to be a prostitute, was the tipping point. “Their affiliation caused sufficient concern with the general public,” said Census Bureau spokesperson Stephen Buckner.source