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Re:The 2020 census is being ‘sabotaged,’ says leading U.S. s... by eganist on Saturday October 17, 2020 @10:52AM (#24810374)
> Are you mad that the census counts children too?

This is a good point.

Should a district be penalized because their constituents chose to have more kids per family unit than others? Their voting power would go down in the interim, wouldn't it?

Thanks for raising the argument - it does a good job of showing why tying the census to voting power is meaningless.

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Re:The 2020 census is being ‘sabotaged,’ says leading U.S. s... by NelsonMinar on Saturday October 17, 2020 @10:57AM (#24810423)
Sometimes the reductio ad absurdum is helpful. But really the poster's initial argument is just complete ignorant nonsense. Perhaps they have never read the Constitution's definition of the Census or are unaware of 200+ years of history.
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