Did you know there are Census coffee cups, baseball caps, bumper stickers and other hot government swag out there?

I just got off the phone after 25 minutes of pretty much useless questions about the upcoming census.  Questions like “How many conversations have you had about the Census with friends and family in the last 30 days?”  Gee, I’m surprised it really hasn’t come up.  And I didn’t even get a coffee cup to thank me for my time.  I’m not sure what you have to do to rate the swag, but it must be pretty big.

I took the phone call because they’ve called twice before and sent a letter, all funded with tax dollars so I figured they’d never give up.  There were also about ten questions as to whether I’d seen the various bits of Census swag. Not only had I not seen it, I didn’t even know there was any.  Like so many things in life, now that I know it exists but is not in my possession I feel deprived.  A lucky guy named Mike (below) appears to be the only person in Google images powerful enough to have snagged swag and proud enough to post a picture – quite a rare combination.

linked from AmericaJR.com