By DANNY RONGO
Paltalk News Network Contributor

After months of seeing and hearing the commercials about how important the 2010 Census is, I finally received my packet in the mail. I took it to work with me as I typically have some time before my day starts that I can use to fill in all of my responses, thinking it might take a half hour or so.

I WAS DONE IN ONE MINUTE!

All that was asked was; How many people live in my home, age, birth date and sex. That's it! And it provided those same questions for up to 12 people. 12?, Why stop there?

I don't understand this process, it was my belief that the 2010 U.S. Census was to take a snapshot of America, right? Couldn't we ask just a few more questions in an attempt to gain just a little more insight? Here are a few questions that I think would make sense when trying to compile the pulse of our nation:

* Are you gainfully employed? If so, for how long?
* Were you laid off during the past 10 years?
* What is your families health history?
* Are your parents alive? What is their current age?
* What is your current income?

These are just a few of the many questions that are crossing my mind when I think of what the U.S. Census is supposed to represent. You can still call it a snapshot of America, but what is this snapshot telling us? Just how many people live in our homes? To take on this huge national effort and try to gather as much information as we can, how can we not look to garnish as much information as possible? It seems like a waste of time, especially when we are in need of so much more.

It leads me to believe that we don't want to find out the answers to some of the questions I just listed, because if we do it will expose too much of what this country keeps from us; THE TRUTH. If we get a real snapshot of our employment situation it just might uncover that our labor statistics are a farce. If we get a real snapshot of the health and lack of well-being in this country we might finally understand that our country really never cared about our well-being, only about profit.

So, here is your 2010 Census form. For you, and the potential 12 other people living with you.

DON'T FORGET TO MAIL IT IN!