Campus Voices: What do you know about the Census? Or why do you think the Census is important?
Degree: AA
It’s important for the government to know how much money they can spend on each individual and who needs the assistance. Also if you are having people come visit and a plague begins in that area, they can figure out how, who or where it was transferred from.
Study: Business
I think the Census is important because there are a lot of people taking advantage of our system. While there are people working hard and paying taxes, those taxes are being taken advantage of by the people who could be working, but instead are just taking what they can from government programs and assistance.
Interim Assoc. Dean of Enrollment
It’s important to have a Census for a couple of reasons. One is to get a count of the people living in each area. That for one determines the number of congressional seats that end up being voted into the house of representatives in Congress.
Degree: AS
I think it’s important because that way the government can control what happens in each household or to make sure everyone in each house is taken care of. Also to control any illegal entrance into the United States so the government can know where each person is from.