Questions that need honest answers:

Dale McCormick resigned from the Maine State Housing Authority. The media reports said OPEGA found no fraud. Why did the reports omit the real reason, which was her extravagant and unnecessary spending?

A photo ID is required for so many other things. Why is it deemed discriminatory to require a photo ID for voting?

Why is the Obama administration objecting to Arizona enforcing federal immigration laws ?

Why won’t U.S. Senate President Harry Reid, D-Nevada, allow measures passed in the House of Representatives to be debated and voted in the Senate, including several budget proposals?

Congress controls taxes and spending. Democrats became the majority in 2006 when the deficit was $6 trillion. Why is George W. Bush blamed for the nation’s current deficit, $16 trillion?

Why won’t the federal government either expel illegal aliens or give them green cards so they pay taxes while working?

Why won’t Congress make English the nation’s official language?

Why would Angus King say he is an independent, but he unnecessarily endorsed Barack Obama and donated to the Obama campaign?

Why are cash-heavy U.S. businesses not expanding and hiring? Is it the uncertainty of future government taxes and regulations?

Why does the Irving refinery in St. John, New Brunswick, find it advantageous to buy railroad-transported oil from the Bakken reserve in North Dakota rather than foreign oil by ship? And why does Obama delay the pipeline from Bakken?

Thomas F. Shields, Auburn