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Wonks: House Plan To Get Rid Of American Community Survey
Absolutely Terrible

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Wonks: House Plan To Get Rid Of American Community Survey
Absolutely Terrible

Posted by Shani Hilton

May. 11, 2012 at 9:50 am

Washington City Paper

City Desk

http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/citydesk/
2012/05/11/wonks-house-plan-to-get-rid-of-
american-community-survey-absolutely-terrible/

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On Wednesday night, the Republican-controlled House approved the U.S.Census Bureau budget with one big change: GOPers voted to eliminatefunding for the annual American Community Survey on the grounds that it'snot required by the Constitution and is an invasion of privacy.

"It's an absolutely terrible decisionit's terribly shortsighted," saysDavid Cooper, an economic analyst at the nonpartisan Economic PolicyInstitute.

And sure, a number-cruncher would say that. But why should you care? Well,here's how the Census Bureau describes the survey:

The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that providesdata every year giving communities the current information they need toplan investments and services. Information from the survey generates datathat help determine how more than $400 billion in federal and state fundsare distributed each year.

What this means: The ACS is a crucial resource for anyone interested inthe distribution of federal dollars and local trends. (Like, say,demographic shifts in D.C. neighborhoods!)


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"Without [the ACS] we really wouldn't have a reliable way to look atincome, poverty, and housing costs on the state level," says Jenny Reed ofthe D.C. Fiscal Policy Institute.

Is there any merit to the privacy claim? Both Reed and Cooper say no."There's all sorts of privacy controls," Cooper says. "Information istop-coded so you can't identify people."




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