The new Congressional session about to begin, we are reminded about those seats lost because of the changes in counted populations. The 2010 census, which determine where the numbers necessitated more or fewer representatives, was not exactly representative. Not at all, in fact, when taking into account Sarah Palin and Michelle Bachmann's call to forget to be counted. Linking census to Japanese internment camps and the FBI? Really?
One must ask, if the Census helps represent the people, giving us power, those elected officials who called for people to ignore filling out their forms, well...whom do they really wish to represent? In another ten years, are we going to have to go through the same debate, to be counted or to refuse proper repsentation?
Just a thought.
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