a debt collector came to my door

and I remembered how powerful I am.

I heard a loud, insistent knock on the front door.  I had been waiting for this moment and thought that I was prepared, knowing what to say and what not to say.  What I wasn’t prepared for was how scared I felt.

A bit of background information.  For more than 40 years, I had paid all my bills on time, never been in debt (apart from a mortgage) and generally been a ‘good citizen’. Covid, lockdown and research blew it all away as if those bills were nothing but a pack of cards.

I had often thought that there’s a lot of smoke and mirrors, inequality and unfairness in this world, but I had never taken the time to investigate what that might mean. The whole covid narrative meanwhile struck me as really disturbing - it was not right to coerce people about their health and medical choices.  When I decided not to take the vaccine, I encountered so much prejudice and challenge (I was called a dissenter, which I rather liked), I was driven to research the things that I previously thought I didn’t have time to deeply question.

I met a lot of new people at Stand in the Park and found common ground with a small group of like-minded and inquisitive people.  I learned about Common Law, Maritime Law and Constitutional Law. My mind was blown; almost everything that I knew about the world and how it operates was turned on its head.  I decided it was time to challenge some of these nefarious organisations and one of them was the City Council. 

I learned how to question the Council’s claim on me and, in particular, my legal fiction or strawman (a false identity given to everyone at birth). I wrote to let them know that I would be withholding payments until they answered my questions.  After 18 months they still have not fully answered my questions – because they can’t.

You see, all councils are corporations and they communicate with you as a corporation (your legal fiction or straw man)1.  A contract can only exist between corporations, not natural men and women.  They are limited companies, registered at Companies House and Dun & Bradstreet, with sales and profits.  They do not have an agreement with any of us to pay Council Tax and there is so much disinformation and deception around where our money actually goes, that it would take a lifetime to investigate.  Councils are supposed to be about providing a service, but they don’t deliver on so many things and all the while, we are told we have to keep on paying our council tax. 

While I was withholding payment until they answered my questions, the Council unlawfully breached GDPR rules and passed on my details to a debt collection company, misrepresenting itself as a ‘bailff’. There is an important distinction between the two - although both can visit you at home, a debt collector doesn't have any special legal powers to collect a debt, whereas a registered bailiff does. The council had engaged this company to come to my door and lie about the powers that they (the debt collection company) have in order to scare me into settling my alleged debt.

The reason councils don’t take people to a real court is that they know that their bills and practices are unlawful and they don’t have a claim to make. Instead they rent rooms in the magistrates court to hold fake courts, which they discourage you from attending.  You really couldn’t make this stuff up (& I’m not)!

So, back to the debt collector.  I had just got out of the bath and was in my dressing gown when I heard a loud knocking on my door.  I immediately thought something was wrong, and later learned that this is something they do purposefully, to put you into an immediate state of fear.  I went to the door and saw the outline of what I thought was a policeman.  As soon as I opened the door, I knew it was a debt collector.

He tried to contract with me by asking my name and told me the reason he was there was my debt with the council. He tried to get me to agree to pay him – I would not.  He then asked if that was my car outside and said that he was going to take it if I didn’t pay.  This is something he did not have the authority or power to do.  He was trying everything he could to scare me into submission. 

My heart was racing as he started pacing around my car and taking photos.  I ran to get dressed and then saw him reverse his car behind mine so I couldn’t get out – or so he thought.  I grabbed my keys and jumped in my car, whilst he was shouting that he would follow me.  Good luck with that I thought.  I was now on a mission and there was no way this man in a pretend police uniform was going to bully me.  I reversed right up to his car, did a magnificent three-point turn and zoomed away down the road.  I looked in the rear-view mirror as he watched me drive away. 

My phone rang and I ignored it.  He left a message on my voicemail – how on earth did he have my number?  It seems the council had passed on all of my details to this overreaching company.

I rang a friend to ask if I could park my car on their drive for a few days.  It was time to write another letter challenging the Council to justify their actions.  What was meant to deter me had only made me stronger and even more tenacious in my desire for the truth, equality and fairness.  So far… all is quiet.

We are all bullied in some way by government, agencies, religion, education, health institutions and by our friends and family who want us to agree with them so we don’t rock the boat.  This is a time to be truly sovereign, standing in your own authority and knowing what is right for you and what is not. Council tax is definitely in the category of ‘things we moan about’, but don’t take action as we are conditioned to believe that we just have to accept it.  Not true.  If you bought something from a shop and it didn’t work properly, you would take it back and get a refund.  Why do we pay for something that does not deliver for us?

My local council distributed a leaflet stating that only 12% of the council tax that we pay goes to the local council.  It didn’t say where the remaining 88% went.  It’s all smoke and mirrors and very difficult to know exactly where our money goes - and that’s all by arrangement.  We are too busy, stressed, or too confused and it's a low priority, so most people don’t take action.  We are also too scared to say no to perceived authority.  When I told someone that I was withholding payment, they said that they would visit me in prison!

The obvious reason that I brought this experience towards me was to challenge a nefarious organisation, the subliminal (and most significant) reason was for me to purify my unconscious fear of being oppressed by a man.  The only way out is through and this experience has made me stronger and clearer about who I am and why I am here.  This is true liberation and peace.

The only person who voraciously has your best interests at heart is you, so listen to your beautiful heart and stand in your own truth.  It isn’t easy in this world right now, yet I know that the future is positive and well worth the fear and challenges we must all face. As we continue to say no to what is wrong on this planet, we raise the frequency and anything that is not aligned with love and nature will crumble.  The crumbling will be uncomfortable and yet, it will invite the true human spirit to rise, re-connect and take action.

Much love

Pauline


1 Does the thought of not paying a bill fill you with dread?

If the fear or shame of a debt collection notice is holding you back from exploring the illusion of corporate credibility, maybe this is a moment for you to challenge yourself.

The following video explain the Strawman fallacy.

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