Even someone with a rudimentary understanding of economics should know that if you tax a business or individual beyond their level of tolerance they will pack up and leave the state for one with lower or no state income tax. Unfortunately, one can't escape the long arm of federal ...
"The rich should pay their fair share of taxes." Who can argue with that? But then we must decide who is rich and what is meant by fair. Neither political party has distinguished itself in making such distinctions. But Republicans play an especially outrageous game in portraying the ...
Love of country is a powerful thing. It is how most of us are connected to the land we live on; the comfort of our own culture; the home of our families; a place worth fighting for. We are witnessing America give up its hard-earned reputation as the leader of the Free World; while forgetting its purpose as a nation of a diverse, free people with constitutionally guaranteed values and rights. What does it mean to be an American today? Are we still the “land of the free and home of the brave?” Your recent story on the Nisei of WWII reminded me of presentation of the story of ...
The next “No Dictators” protest on Maui is scheduled for 2 p.m. Saturday in front of Queen Ka‘ahumanu Shopping Center. This protest coincides with over 3,000 other protests nationwide. Over five million people came out to protest the Trump Administration in June and more than seven million took to the streets in October. March 28 will be the largest protest in American history. Everyone is welcome regardless of political affiliation. It isn’t about politics. It’s about morals, ethics and human dignity. No matter how much the administration tries to justify and ...
Local EMS provider American Medical Response has arbitrarily began significantly slowing ambulance responses and care for trauma, cardiac, and stroke patients here in Hawaii. Once AMR began mandating drive cameras in all of their ambulances, the AI software in ambulances will trigger an alarm in the ambulance to warn the person driving that they are speeding. If you get a few of these you get remedial training. If you get more then you could be fired for violating the driving policy. Both the fire and police department have similar policies but they are not enforcing them and ...
For most of the last 40 years, pollsters have asked voters: Which party do you trust more on health care? The answer has been pretty much the same over this whole period. Voters trust Democrats more, sometimes by a two-to-one margin. When I've asked my Republican politicos why that is, the ...
