The letter can be paraphrased as follows:
1. Hi.
2. In about a week, you're going to receive a census packet.
3. It is very important you complete it and return it to us.
4. The Census results are used to determine how funds are allocated for roads, schools, health care and other important programs in different areas.
5. If you do not return it, the results will not be accurate and your community may not receive its fair share of funds.
6. Thanks.
If there are roughly 114,000,000 households in America and assuming each gets a letter, the federal government just spent $50,000,000 on postage. $50,000,000....to tell us we'll be getting another letter in a week. Fifty. Million. Dollars. For what amounts to an FYI.
There is no chance I suppose that you could have put this single sheet of paper, explaining the importance of the census, in with the packet you're sending me next week?
Points 1 and 6 would already be typed. Point 2 would become redundant and not need to be typed. So really, you just need to add points 3, 4 and 5 to next week's packet in big, bold, underlined letters. Any chance? No? Well done. If my expense reports looked like that, I'd be unemployed.
