To the editor:

Do I live in America? Did not our ancestors fight for freedom from the British because the taxes were too high and personal freedoms were being lost? Then why are we allowing the same thing to happen now?

The county, city, school district and townships all want more money. The mill levies keep going up and up. Is there no stopping place? Our elected officials need to look at the entire situation.

Better yet, voters need to think about who we are electing. Why are we voting for people who keep passing laws that tell us what we can do with our own property, raise our taxes, and then use our tax money to pay people to tell us what we can do with the property we are paying taxes on?

There is something wrong with the system.

Debra Green,

Lawrence