04-22-2025, 12:34 AM
Punatang - Or giving up on trying to preserve an entire, deeply indebted nation, and it's [sic] future generations because someone might lose a job or some organization a temporary source of funding?
Or you could, you know, actually raise taxes on the uber-rich, instead of giving them tax cuts, and not have to balance the budget by cutting services for those least able to pay, like most of the people in Puna. There are ways of going about "preserving the nation" without decreasing the health and well-being of most of its citizens.
Punaperson - you seem to have some direct knowledge of the cuts affecting Hawaii libraries - any updates or extra details to add?
https://friendsofthelibraryofhawaii.org/...y-funding/
"The Hawaiʻi State Legislature is in conference session to finalize the Biennium State Budget – the budget through 2027. The current Senate draft HB300_SD1 includes eliminating 24.5 staff positions from the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System as well as cuts to funding for facilities projects.
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The libraries are already set to lose $1.5Million in Federal funds (see the Federal funding section). " (much more at link)
Or you could, you know, actually raise taxes on the uber-rich, instead of giving them tax cuts, and not have to balance the budget by cutting services for those least able to pay, like most of the people in Puna. There are ways of going about "preserving the nation" without decreasing the health and well-being of most of its citizens.
Punaperson - you seem to have some direct knowledge of the cuts affecting Hawaii libraries - any updates or extra details to add?
https://friendsofthelibraryofhawaii.org/...y-funding/
"The Hawaiʻi State Legislature is in conference session to finalize the Biennium State Budget – the budget through 2027. The current Senate draft HB300_SD1 includes eliminating 24.5 staff positions from the Hawaiʻi State Public Library System as well as cuts to funding for facilities projects.
...
The libraries are already set to lose $1.5Million in Federal funds (see the Federal funding section). " (much more at link)