Turns out most of those jobs were given to people not to run against Obama friends in primary races
As an aside, I need to rant about the #$@%$# census. They spend money to send me 2 warnings that the form is coming—then send no form. The census workers didn't manage to be at home when we were until the 3d try. I asked the guy, and he said some places didn't get forms on purpose. WTF.
Aside from that, the real rant—why do we need ANY census workers? The US Federal government already knows how many people there are. Ask the f**king IRS. Any household that doesn't fill out a tax form frankly doesn't matter. No, this doesn't disenfranchise the poor since the poor fill out income tax form and get "refunds" for taxes they never paid (otherwise known as "a handout"). Anyone too lazy to fill out a 1040EZ can't fill out a census form