05-21-2015, 04:30 AM
Of note, this 1.4 BILLION dollars number being thrown around does NOT mean it is spent here in Hawai'i. Big misconception for a lot of people. What trickles down to us here is lease rent, education "donations/funding", which is minimal compared to the overall costs
But isn't that true about anything in East Hawaii?
Walmart for instance. Local contractors were hired in the construction process, but the walls, roofing materials, fixtures, all of those items were built elsewhere, just like components of the TMT. What about the items now sold in the store, how much is made by local people in Hawaii?
The same can be said about a "local" store like HPM. Most everything they sell is shipped in.
The difference is what trickles down from the TMT to local education is far more than donations Walmart or HPM make to local schools. Probably far more than all the donations made by every business on the island added together.
But isn't that true about anything in East Hawaii?
Walmart for instance. Local contractors were hired in the construction process, but the walls, roofing materials, fixtures, all of those items were built elsewhere, just like components of the TMT. What about the items now sold in the store, how much is made by local people in Hawaii?
The same can be said about a "local" store like HPM. Most everything they sell is shipped in.
The difference is what trickles down from the TMT to local education is far more than donations Walmart or HPM make to local schools. Probably far more than all the donations made by every business on the island added together.
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