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America’s debt is a lurking disaster for the nation: Letters

Re “Fiscal policy still matters” (Nov. 5):

The United States of America’s national debt is $33 trillion. Without figuring the interest and paying the debt off at a thousand dollars a second it would take over a thousand years to pay off the debt. We hear from the running politicians that we are strapping our children and grandchildren with the debt. There aren’t enough generations in the future of America’s history to pay off the debt we now owe.

The credit card debt in America is $1 trillion. The credit card debt interest at 18% per year is $180 billion a year. That is a lot of goods and services that are used and down the drain without being paid for. Another debt that will never be paid for. The existential threat of drowning in red ink is greater than any other threat we have outside of nuclear disaster.

— John Seibert, Laguna Niguel

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is just fine

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is doing what they are supposed to do and that is protect the taxpayers of this county. I have lived in this county all of my life and as a senior I have nothing but praise for the devoted deputies willing to risk their lives to save ours. People make a choice in life to be either law-abiding citizens or to live a life of crime. If the latter is chosen then the consequences are pretty cut and dried, To all of the activists and others who think prisoners should have all of these rights, think again. Jails are in place to keep law-abiding citizens safe, not to coddle criminals and obsess over their rights. These people gave up their rights when they decided to become murderers, rapists and everything in-between. I did not support Chad Bianco for sheriff, by the way. But do I support him now? You better believe I do.

— Cappi Duncan, Cherry Valley

Landmark hangar in Tustin

Sadly we lost one of our two gentle giants, the hangars in Tustin, on Oct. 7. They served bravely thousands of men and families during WW11 and Vietnam and were well loved in the community and a welcoming landmark when you landed at John Wayne. Thousands showed up to see the catastrophe, looking through fences and all asking why? Hopefully the city of Tustin and the Navy will finally stop neglecting the final one and act to save it.

— Patrick Shane, Tustin