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slot machines at the airport - kalakoa - 01-30-2015
http://hawaiitribune-herald.com/news/local-news/slot-machines-could-fund-airport-upgrades
KOA needs $52M worth of upgrades, so let's install slot machines in HNL, and check boarding passes to be sure residents don't use them.
It almost seems "not unreasonable", except for the part where we're supposed to believe the money would be allowed to leave HNL.
RE: slot machines at the airport - leilanidude - 01-30-2015
With the corruption that this state has... there wouldn't be any "profits". Somehow, it would seem to disappear.
RE: slot machines at the airport - kalakoa - 01-30-2015
Somehow, it would seem to disappear
...before ever leaving Oahu.
RE: slot machines at the airport - HereOnThePrimalEdge - 01-30-2015
The only way I would support this idea is if the state would also allow me put down $100 that it'll never work as stated.
If I win, no real estate taxes for life.
RE: slot machines at the airport - punaticbychoice - 01-30-2015
This is a wonderfully cynical and unfortunately true discussion.
I think Las Vegas in the middle of the Pacific is a great idea
as long as the benefits go proportionally to all of us.
All of us.[
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RE: slot machines at the airport - leilanidude - 01-30-2015
The only benefit would be the number of new union employees, employed by the state. Any real profits would simply never be realized as the costs to implement and maintain the program would outweigh the revenue.
RE: slot machines at the airport - kalakoa - 01-30-2015
costs ... would outweigh the revenue
Putting them inside the "sterile area" of the airport would mitigate many of the usual "security problems", so there's a small chance they'd still "make" money.
I know, I know...
RE: slot machines at the airport - lquade - 01-31-2015
isnt she the same wacko that wanted co-ed restrooms in all public buildings?
with all the real issues in hawaii why do our representatives put their energy into these things... it would be another bunch of money that would "disappear"..
RE: slot machines at the airport - pahoated - 01-31-2015
Wouldn't get too excited for this, anybody know if it passed first reading? Hawaii would have to legalize gambling first and that isn't going to happen. Sounds like somebody has been spending too much time flying back and forth to Reno and Vegas.
"Mahalo nui Pele, 'ae noho ia moku 'aina" - kakahiaka oli
RE: slot machines at the airport - lavalava - 02-01-2015
Tax all gambling at 50%. Money goes to infrastructure only.