04-16-2009, 02:39 AM
Raising the excise tax, taxing online shopping from Hawaii, visitor, alcohol tax,cigarette tax, state lottery, etc. I know there are some unpopular choices here, but they affect the masses less than what Lingle proposes.
People sometimes forget that Teachers (including UHH), fire, police, nurses, foster child programs, and many others including emergency response personnel are ALL state or county, etc. If they don't have the money because it's taken away, then local vendors can't get their money...it's a horrible domino effect.
Carrie Rojo
http://www.carrierojo.etsy.com
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." Barack Obama
People sometimes forget that Teachers (including UHH), fire, police, nurses, foster child programs, and many others including emergency response personnel are ALL state or county, etc. If they don't have the money because it's taken away, then local vendors can't get their money...it's a horrible domino effect.
Carrie Rojo
http://www.carrierojo.etsy.com
"Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek." Barack Obama
Carrie Rojo
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future..." Galadriel LOTR
"Even the smallest person can change the course of the future..." Galadriel LOTR