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- From: kkopp@uxh.cso.uiuc.edu (koppenhoefer kyle cramm)
- Subject: Re: How much does your congressman know about you?
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1993 02:39:28 GMT
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- awerling@nmsu.edu (WERLING) writes:
- >-Congressional offices maitain detailed computer profiles of EVERY voter in
- >-their district. The names are cross-listed against voter registration
- >-records for age, sex, party affiliation. They are also listed against
- >-drivers license records for ethnic background. Finally, they link up with
- >-church, business, and civic lists to find out religous beliefs, occupation,
- >-and political opinions.
- >-Your congressman has such good files on you that have been called "top-
- >-notch counterintelligence files".
-
- >Nah, nothing top-notch about this. It's basic stuff that's available
- >to anyone who wants to get it. I'm happy about the fact that
- >congresspeople are interested in their constituents' backgrounds and
- >beliefs. That's what representation is all about!
-
-
- Your congressman will be glad to see that his efforts are working.
- Well, on you atleast. The only reason that your representitive has such
- good files on you is so that they can win re-election ( the only thing
- most congressmen really care about ). The records are used to target
- specific mailing to you. This mailings are the key tool in winning re-election,
- and they are done in a dubouis manner. Whatever is important to you, as
- determined by your backgound, will be highlighted in the mailings you receive.
-
- It is not a genuine concern for 'constituents' backgrounds and
- beliefs' which drives the file keeping and mailing, but a desire to stay
- in office for as long as they wish to be there.
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