Warp wrote:
>   The need to have censuses in order to know who is a natural born citizen
> (so that they can be called to jury duty) demonstrates the problem.

We don't. The census is for figuring out how many seats on the legislature 
each area needs. Most times jury duty is based on driver licenses, voter 
registration, or other state-level information like that. Maybe even state 
income tax or property tax forms, if that's legal in their state.

This couple is just guessing the jury duty call came off the census.  I'd be 
surprised if that was the case, given that such information isn't generally 
released by the federal government in a way that could be used to identify 
individuals.

It might have easily come off the paperwork you use to prove your pets have 
had rabies vaccinations, if someone filled out the wrong name on the wrong 
line, for example.

But no, the census here isn't so the government can keep track of who is 
here. It's supposedly purely so we know how many representatives each state 
gets.  They're really not authorized to use the information for anything 
else, altho they do.

>   In Finland there would be no need for that. The government knows every
> single citizen and can call them (for whatever) if needed.

It must make things much easier to have a government that's trusted. :-)

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   Forget "focus follows mouse." When do
   I get "focus follows gaze"?

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