The following questions are directed to our federal and state governments.

Why is our government continuing to send billions of tax money to a foreign country when that country’s people are starving and relying on care packages? Where is the accountability for that money?

Why is Washington avoiding the residents in Ohio who were exposed to toxic chemicals from a train wreck?

Why isn’t Washington sending them billions to relocate from that toxic place?

Why is our government telling us how to live and what is good for us when they do just the opposite such as flying in private jets and they are so concerned for our climate?

Why are they telling us that we must stop using gas stoves and gas-powered lawn mowers and anything that is gas-powered?

Why, as a people, do we have enough intelligence to know what is good or bad for ourselves?

We don’t need government to get involved in our private lives such as windmills that are made in a foreign country, solar panels that are also made in a foreign country and electric cars, where the parts are also made in a foreign country.

Why is this country importing energy from foreign countries when we have enough in our country for generations?

Why would we they do that and why is our southern border open for illegals to enter, and why is our government ignoring those Americans who live on the southern border? They are being ignored, but only until they take the law into their own hands because our government ignores them.

Changes must be made if we as a country are to survive this mess. Only then will we be back to where we were before this mess occurred.

My last opinion is: why do non-residents have the powers to shut down a hospital in another community such as Brooks-TLC in the city of Dunkirk with no control from that city, such as the council or the administration? No control at all.

Richard Makuch is a Dunkirk resident. Send comments to editorial@observertoday.com