Census officials at odds with GOP over mailings

[babsbunny]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35352695/ns/politics/

Americans may confuse fundraising letters with real form, government says

updated 2:35 p.m. ET, Thurs., Feb. 11, 2010

WASHINGTON - Republican groups are raising money under the guise of the U.S. Census Bureau, leaving the government's people-counters worried that a flurry of misleading letters could make some Americans less likely to respond to the real thing.

After the Republican National Committee raised money with such mailings, congressional Republicans are now conducting a fundraising "census" of their own.

[surrealAmerican]

1. Mail fraud is a crime.

Somebody could go to jail for this.

[Newsjock]

2. And this is a bad thing how?

could make some Americans less likely to respond to the real thing.

If America the Stupid doesn't respond to the census, it's more representation for the rest of us. You'd think the Republicans would consider that.

[ddeclue]

3. 18 USC 43 Section 912 makes it a federal crime to impersonate a Federal official.

not a lawyer.. just sayin'

there are also sections on mail fraud since this is going through the mail and on conspiracy since it no doubt involves more than one person.

:rofl: