The Aloha State grows unfriendlier to tourists as the Democrats running the state into the ocean have come up with a horrible new plan to fund their stupid and useless climate change projects: tax the tourists.
There is no climate crisis, but the reason Democrats keep pushing it is that it allows them a lot more authoritarian control over people’s lives and also justifies government funding of useless projects from which they or their cronies benefit. As we saw with the horrific mismanagement of the Maui fire and its aftermath, Democrats in Hawaii couldn’t care less about their citizens, and now they are determined to punish tourists as well in pursuit of their perverse ideology.
ABC7 reported, “Hawaii's governor signed legislation Tuesday that boosts a tax imposed on hotel room and vacation rental stays in order to raise money to address eroding shorelines, wildfires and other consequences of climate change.”
If only elected and appointed officials did their jobs properly and preventative measures condemned by climate alarmists were taken, Hawaii wouldn’t need to worry about catastrophic wildfires or alleged climate change crises. The issue isn’t a lack of money but a lack of integrity and competence.
You'll soon be paying more to get yourself some "aloha" time. Hawaii is placing a new tax on tourists to fund climate change projects. The tax is the first of its kind in the nation. https://t.co/jo7WnHU6qK pic.twitter.com/vQmUpahvuZ
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) May 29, 2025
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In other words, the issue is Democrats. They tax the life out of their prosperous citizens until those prosperous citizens leave. They not only bloat the welfare state for citizens but also for illegal aliens (though when a natural disaster occurs, they suddenly have no more aid for poor people). They make every city and state they control a hellhole of crime, debt, impoverishment, and danger. Then, when everyone who can afford to leave has left, they begin taxing whatever tourists they might still be able to attract. Talk about a recipe for failure.
But then again, perhaps it is meant to be a recipe for failure. After all, the same climate alarmists who support taxing people to pay for climate projects also support restricting private transportation and making most people so much poorer and less independent that they cannot travel.
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Democrats, at least at the top level of leadership (some of the underlings are truly brainwashed ideologues), really want vacation travel to be something out of the reach of all but the most wealthy elites. It galls them to think that mere peasants might be able to travel and enjoy life without being dependent on them for permission — that we might not be forced to spend our lives paying for their luxuries while humbly relying on them for every necessity.
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