Government debt $11.9 trillion? No, it’s the debt of the citizens. It’s government’s scheme to take all you have or are working for, one step at a time. When government spends money that does not exist and passes the bill onto the citizen this is slavery with a pretty face. There is plenty of money for warring against the enemies of Israel in the name of “security” when Israel has more nuclear warfare than any nation.

The Anderson City Council, ordinance 22-09, recently reneging on its contract for trash pickup, has passed the bill onto the citizens. It is now a dictated utility to which you will pay and have no right to unsubscribe. My call to City Attorney Tim Lanane went unanswered.

More bureaucratic oppression as well as soaring inflation and taxes will not be a concern of the elected who serve themselves. Any government who can impose authoritarianism on its citizens will rule without dissent.

All taxes start with pennies: Sales tax, Social Security tax (now underfunded by $17.5 billion), income tax, inflation tax and at least a million other taxes.

Patricia Mead

Pendleton