04-21-2025, 08:09 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-21-2025, 08:22 PM by HereOnThePrimalEdge.)
an entire nation and it's future generations
It’s not a nation, it’s a territory.
When I lived there I went to the grocery store a few days before the ship arrived with supplies. The shelves were empty. I don’t mean bottled water-rice-tp empty - - I mean 90% empty. I asked someone what they do in the meantime and was told there were plenty of bananas, coconuts, papayas, fish, lobster, and no one would go hungry. It was true.
Pago Pago Harbor is the deepest port in the entire South Pacific. Any US Navy vessel can dock there. Near the golf course are six giant communication dishes used to contact Navy ships in that part of the world. Even submarines UNDERWATER. Do you think every Chinese ship beyond the 200 mile exclusive economic zone is looking for fish? Maybe someone well known for a short attention span should focus on that?
The real largest, best paying employer is government. Almost anyone who wants a government job can get a decently paid position. Many high school graduates attend UHH here on Big Island because their English as a second language program is a good transition for post high school studies by Samoan students. Some then return to Tutuila.
However, there are more American Samoan people living in Hawaii and California than in American Samoa.
The future of the territory is not the cannery, it is not really the largest employer. The average resident is far more dependent on US federal funding than fish. Even if the Musk-saw grabs a machete and looks in their direction, the Navy will not have budget cuts.
It’s not a nation, it’s a territory.
When I lived there I went to the grocery store a few days before the ship arrived with supplies. The shelves were empty. I don’t mean bottled water-rice-tp empty - - I mean 90% empty. I asked someone what they do in the meantime and was told there were plenty of bananas, coconuts, papayas, fish, lobster, and no one would go hungry. It was true.
Pago Pago Harbor is the deepest port in the entire South Pacific. Any US Navy vessel can dock there. Near the golf course are six giant communication dishes used to contact Navy ships in that part of the world. Even submarines UNDERWATER. Do you think every Chinese ship beyond the 200 mile exclusive economic zone is looking for fish? Maybe someone well known for a short attention span should focus on that?
The real largest, best paying employer is government. Almost anyone who wants a government job can get a decently paid position. Many high school graduates attend UHH here on Big Island because their English as a second language program is a good transition for post high school studies by Samoan students. Some then return to Tutuila.
However, there are more American Samoan people living in Hawaii and California than in American Samoa.
The future of the territory is not the cannery, it is not really the largest employer. The average resident is far more dependent on US federal funding than fish. Even if the Musk-saw grabs a machete and looks in their direction, the Navy will not have budget cuts.