Govt time & travel survey WASTE OF MONEY

  So this elderly citizen I know received this survey in the mail. He started to fill it out and then thought, "Geez, why am I doing this? This is really a stupid survey and who knows why these people want to know this information."
  Take a look at the survey. Click to embiggen.

  Yes, the Department of Commerce paid some company to run this survey. 

  It must be very necessary, you're thinking, I"m sure, if our government paid some company to send out a survey asking about, um, travel.

  So let's look at the 3 urgent questions sent to thousands of homes, paid for by credit cards own by China:

  So, yeaahhh, our government wants to know if you've shopped on the internet, gone to the beach, or a ball game in the last year.

  Our government wants to know which states you've visited, not including Ohio, and if you go to the beach. 

  And don't worry about sending the survey back because it's FREE--er--paid for by the taxpayers.

  But wait! There's more.

  Just as my elderly friend was tossing the whole kit n' caboodle into the fireplace, what dropped out of the envelope?

  Ah! A $2 bill!! Paid for by YOU!

  The elderly citizen is rich! Don't blow it all in one place, elderly citizen!

  Bah. Toss the dang survey to the side, pocket the two bucks, and forget about it.

  He thought it was over.

  He didn't respond because it's VOLUNTARY, addressed, I might add, to OHIO RESIDENT:

  Oh, please, please, please return this voluntary survey!

  So onto a shelf the survey goes, forgotten for a few days until one week later when THIS arrives:

  That's right! A follow up postcard, scolding and cajoling said random household for not returning the survey promptly.

  Fat chance THAT's gonna happen.

  Ok, so I go to the Commerce Department's online info about this survey (which apparently, where I find a couple of irritated responses like this one:

Time And Travel SurveySubmitted on July 30, 2012 - 4:54pm.What a waste of my time and govt. resources. It appeared bogus to me when I received it the first time and I could not find anything about it on the Dept. website. Finally I see something was posted on July 16 about it. It appears to be more of a survey for follow-up to sell time-shares at the coast - sure hope I don't start getting a bunch of phone calls and junk mail related to travel.

  Whereupon the Dept of Commerce unionist responded with a repeated robotic "We take your personal information seriously and don't share it with anyone...." Which we can all trust, right?

  So in typical government fashion, a few irritated comments from taxpayers warranted this Commerce unionist action:

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  Ha! Spam!
  Like we fuddy duddies out here know anything about SPAM from the government!
  But all Americans will not be fooled, bamboozled or bought!
  Someone posting over HERE thinks, as he puts it, his Obama money ship has finally come in:

After 3 1/2 years of watching everyone around me get Obama money my ship has finally come in. Today I got a Dept of Commerce letter in the mail with a $2.00 bill. My windfall has arrived. They said I could have the $2 if if completed a "Time and Travel Survey" consisting of three questions. "The Department of Commerce will use the information to assist a number of state and federal agencies in making decisions about how to manage resources.   Hey, you don't need to hire a clown or a mind reader to know that we're broke and this is one of the reasons why.   And one week later, yet another government reminder...