Stupid Census Commercial Part II

So, so there's a series of stupid census commercials going on, with the "Snapshot of America" catchphrase. These are also particularly stupid (see my first Stupid Census Commercial post). It doesn't help that the recognizable actors are noted liberal activists (like Ed Begely Jr. and the guy who was the gay movie producer giving Jed Bartlett a hard time on West Wing). BUT, my main point is the idea of the census being a "snapshot of America" is total bullshit. I said it before and I'll say it again, the point of the census is supposed to be a count, nothing more. All the demographic stuff is nonsense used to play games with money.

AND, have you heard that the 2010 census is estimated to cost $14BILLION dollars? Most of that is chasing down people who don't answer their form in the mail. Maybe if all they did was make a straight count of people, they'd get it right the first time.