With Our High Cost Of Living, Plantation Days Don’t Seem So Long Ago

With Our High Cost Of Living, Plantation Days Don’t Seem So Long Ago

Through progressive legislative action, we can provide our grandchildren a better Hawaii than the one we inherited.

“Dat’s why hard.”

This was one of my grandpa’s favorite lines when recounting his days growing up on the plantations in Lahaina. It was usually followed by tales of 11-hour workdays while making a little over 15 cents per week.I have come to realize that in the 90 years since grandpa lived this life, we really haven’t come that far. Hawaii today still sees the everyday person working extraordinarily hard while making relatively little.In a recent publication released by the Tax Foundation , a […]

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