Save the American Community Survey - ACS
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May 19th, 2012Someone from Girard, PA signed.
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May 19th, 2012Someone from Hillsboro, NH writes:
This data is important for understanding our cultural needs. It has been used by sociologists to see pertinent patterns and develop effective policies. I don't know where this fear has come from. We are a facebook age, but we fear government knowing who we are.May 19th, 2012Someone from East Lansing, MI signed.
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May 19th, 2012Someone from Bowling Green, OH writes:
ACS data are invaluable for academia and research, for teaching, for the public, and for each and every one of the very politicians voting to discontinue the survey.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Bainbridge Island, WA writes:
Lack of this vital information will lead to less reasoned public policy decisions, not better ones. Retain the ACS.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Honolulu, HI signed.
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Saint Louis, MO writes:
America is still a world leader in the data collection that permits good public deliberation. When you consider that this will have virtually no impact on the debt or deficit and the huge benefits of the ACS it is simply unbelievable that Congress would vote to eliminate funding for it.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Albany, GA writes:
We need the data for many educational purposes in the colleges and universities and for many policy decisions in government!!! You must not cut this critically important service!!!REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Brookline, MA writes:
The ACS is a critical source for our understanding of our society and our economy. Canada has abolished the equivalent of the ACS (its long-form Census material) to the great detriment of its research community and its ability to understand important transformations in its economy and social fabric.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Lenexa, KS signed.
May 19th, 2012Someone from Castleton, VT writes:
This is an extremely important data set for members of academic communities and citizens alike.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Evanston, IL signed.
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May 19th, 2012Someone from Chicago, IL writes:
Reducing ACS funding will proportionately reduce the government's ability to efficiently and effectively target public money. It's a clear step backwards in serving the people.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Richmond, VA signed.
May 19th, 2012Someone from Lexington, KY writes:
The ACS is an essential data set for producing research results that will inform the public as well as policy makers about social and economic patterns in American society.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Austin, TX signed.
May 19th, 2012Someone from College Park, MD writes:
It is unimaginable why politicians would prefer to make less informed policy decisions by stopping this survey. Moreover, social science teaching and research rely on these data.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Austin, TX signed.
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May 19th, 2012Someone from Houston, TX writes:
Without these data the quality of college student preparation to address societal issues will be severely compromised.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Austin, TX signed.
May 19th, 2012Someone from Iowa City, IA writes:
Losing this resource would be an enormous loss and would reflect the most short-sighted policy imaginable.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Amherst, MA signed.
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May 19th, 2012Someone from Wallingford, CT writes:
That data is essential to researech and to teaching college and university students.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Austin, TX writes:
This is critical information for understanding our society.REPORT COMMENTS
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No, CancelMay 19th, 2012Someone from Blacksburg, VA signed.
May 19th, 2012Someone from Fort Collins, CO writes:
Please do not eliminate this important source of data on U.S. citizens. Losing it, we will have little idea about the state of our nation and democracy at the individual level.REPORT COMMENTS
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