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Cost of living to go up — again
Get ready to pay more for goods you purchase on the internet. A new Hawaii law, Act 41, that goes into effect July 1 will subject internet retailers that have neither persons nor property in Hawaii to the state’s general excise tax, so long as they make more...
A ‘first’ Honolulu doesn’t need
MEDIA RELEASE from Grassroot Institute of Hawaii CONTACT: Joe Kent, (808) 987-7322 or jkent@grassrootinstitute.org HONOLULU, June 7, 2018 >> The Honolulu City Council yesterday approved what could be the nation’s first ban on “surge pricing” by...
State encouraged building in risky lava zone
MEDIA RELEASE from GRASSROOT INSTITUTE OF HAWAII CONTACT: Joe Kent, jkent@grassrootinstitute.org (808) 987-7322 State encouraged building in risky lava zone Grassroot Institute of Hawaii president says ongoing disaster could have been avoided HAWAII ISLAND (May 17,...
Hawaii bail system victimizes taxpayers, too
Hawaii’s criminal justice bail system apparently is another unfortunate example of how government inefficiency is resulting in excessively high costs to Hawaii taxpayers. Hawaii’s branch of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) last week released a report, “As...
Overcharged for health care
“There’s no real story here for why we should think that giving the government control of the health care economy would lead to a cost reduction. Cost reductions benefit consumers who are very widely distributed and disorganized, whereas the producers of health...