# What do CTs really want? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [April 7, 2006, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718 "2006-04-07T14:22:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718/61 "2006-05-03T22:04:42Z")
I’m…not even sure what that all means to be honest. Is it in code? -XT ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2006, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718/62 "2006-05-03T22:39:00Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > I’m…not even sure what that all means to be honest. Apparently he believes the Census Bureau keeps track of _every. single. person._ born in this country and susbequently issues bonds to the Treasury Dept. for _every. single. person._, thus making them slaves to the system. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718/63 "2006-05-04T00:51:22Z")
Probably a dumb question, but…well, why would they need to periodically take a census then if they keep track of every single person born in the US? Also…how would issuing bonds on them make them ‘slaves’…or have really any benifit at all come to that? Like I said…probably a dumb question. -XT ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718/64 "2006-05-04T02:09:33Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Probably a dumb question, but…well, why would they need to periodically take a census then if they keep track of every single person born in the US? I’ve already asked him where he thinks Commerce keeps all that data and plan to ask this if he comes back with “Census”. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718/65 "2006-05-04T21:15:06Z")
He surprised me by saying the Federal Reserve _and_ Census. ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718/66 "2006-05-05T06:12:59Z")
> [@Lute Skywatcher](#): > > He surprised me by saying the Federal Reserve _and_ Census. Hey, I used to work for the Census Bureau, and my wife works for the Fed. How come no one mentioned this? I’ll get her to ask her boss about it tomorrow, and get him the real info. Interpreting that guy is like interpreting Bob Dylan lyrics. Are you sure he isn’t meaning something else? Because, as noted before, that just does not make sense. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 9:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718/67 "2006-05-05T09:39:45Z")
> [@xtisme](#): > > Like I said…probably a dumb question. > [@Mr. Garrison from South Park](#): > > Remember, there are no stupid questions, just stupid people 😛 [sub]the CTs, not xtisme[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718/68 "2006-05-05T15:45:52Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Are you sure he isn’t meaning something else? It’s possible, sure, but we’re talking about a guy who posts random shit just for the sake of posting random shit, nearly all of which is pulled from his ass and molded to fit his crackpot views. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-cts-really-want/351718.md?page=3)