Viewpoints: Letters / Opinions
RE: Collateral for City Loans
By Amanda Mitchell
July 24, 2014
Thursday
Thanks Ralph for the input about the loans, but I am a bit confused. I thought when a person is unable to afford their city imposed taxes the city confiscates his/her PRIVATE property. It seems to me that Mr. Thompson is right, even if what you are saying is correct and the process is a bit different. What is worse is the city can just keep upping the taxes, by either passing an increase and/or raising the assessed value of a home to continue their lavish credit-card-type spending. Ask yourself, what happens when we fault on our ever growing debt? Allowing collateral for our taxes is the backdoor to eroding our sovereignty. We are essentially being sold into servitude to the highest bidder. But since people are not being put up on blocks and sold in a market, many are unaware of what is happening.
I would think it would be a future investment for people to actually consider the long term consequences of the decisions from today. Stop handing out money, live within our means and payback what we owe. This should be the utmost priority for our community.
Sincerely,
Amanda Mitchell
Ketchikan, Alaska
Received July 10, 2014
- Published July 24, 2014
Related Viewpoint:
 Collateral for City Loans By Ralph Marcello
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