07-29-2018, 10:00 PM
Race is irrelevant, only wealth matters. The Big Island 1% want to use this disaster as an excuse to funnel more tax dollars to their private real-estate ventures.
What percentage of evacuees will choose to stay in Puna? Of those, how many can afford to rebuild? Of those, how many can afford to wait 18 months to 3 years for new land and infrastructure? We will pay tens of millions for infrastructure, and very few evacuees may benefit. Meanwhile someone rich will sell a lot of improved lots and get richer.
What percentage of evacuees will choose to stay in Puna? Of those, how many can afford to rebuild? Of those, how many can afford to wait 18 months to 3 years for new land and infrastructure? We will pay tens of millions for infrastructure, and very few evacuees may benefit. Meanwhile someone rich will sell a lot of improved lots and get richer.