12-07-2013, 10:17 AM
Gypsy, Please take a look out the window. Sometimes the path to the future is by looking at the past. Perhaps it was a bit directional in the fact that people do not have to live with the lot they think they have been given. Self defeating statements of taking our position in our current system is unacceptable.
Look at the resources Puna has to offer. How can these resources be used to create wealth? What can be manufactured or made to sell to the mainland to bring more money here? Reverse the flow, instead of shipping things to Hawaii, what can be done to keep the dollars here with local families and the local economy. The way I see it almost all the money in the economy is being robbed by mainland corporations.
A strong economy naturally boosts the minimum wage on its own.
Look at the resources Puna has to offer. How can these resources be used to create wealth? What can be manufactured or made to sell to the mainland to bring more money here? Reverse the flow, instead of shipping things to Hawaii, what can be done to keep the dollars here with local families and the local economy. The way I see it almost all the money in the economy is being robbed by mainland corporations.
A strong economy naturally boosts the minimum wage on its own.