I don't see why it's important for the government to know what race or religion the people who are poor, for example ... or even their sexual orientation ... or now they'll start implementing policies according to the data collected: 10% of the homosexual population are below the poverty level, what kind of policies would help eliminate that??
if you ask me - idiotic..if American citizens are having problems, how is it important if they are christian, black or lesbians?? it's all political pondering and race-bating..