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Tom Carper: “The last census cost almost $50 per person to count. It is ridiculous.”

On the recordJuly 8, 2013
The last census cost almost $50 per person to count. It is ridiculous.
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Tom Carper
Democratic · Delaware

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Carper criticizes the high cost of conducting the census.

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