Big Brother Has Arrived

Get this...two nights ago somebody rings my doorbell at dinner (Is there any other time to be disturbed?) claiming to be taking a census survey, not the census which is not due until 2010, but a survey, and I have to participate under penalty of law. I don't believe this yokel but I get him to agree to send some information to me. It arrived today by FedEx of all things. I still don't believe it however the United States Code, TITLE 13 - Census, Chapter 7 - Offenses and Penalties, Subchapter II - Other Persons, contains the following:

Paragraph 221: Refusal or neglect to answer questions; false answers

(a) Whoever, being over eighteen years of age, refuses or willfully neglects, when requested by the Secretary, or by any other authorized officer or employee of the Department of Commerce or bureau or agency thereof acting under the instructions of the Secretary or authorized officer, to answer, to the best of his knowledge, any of the questions on any schedule submitted to him in connection with any census or survey provided for by subchapters I, II, IV, and V of chapter 5 of this title, applying to himself or to the family to which he belongs or is related, or to the farm or farms of which he or his family is the occupant, shall be fined no more than $100.
(b) Whoever, when answering questions described in subsection (a) of this section, and under the conditions or circumstances described in such subsection, willfully gives any answer that is false, shall be find not more than $500.

Can you believe this intrusion of privacy by Big Brother. Since when is the census or anything related to is mandatory especially under penalty. What the hell has this country come to? I know one thing, I am copying all of the documents sent to me and forwarding them to my elected representatives and will protest in the strongest possible terms. THIS IS OUTRAGEOUS!