Food tax debate must go forward on equity
While repeal of the food, medical services and rent tax may not make fiscal sense today, the underlying argument of equity and fairness does. That is where the Legislature must take the debate.
'Faith-based' foreign aid is unconstitutional
The most obvious reason to not use "faith-based" organizations to distribute foreign aid is that it unavoidably violates the constitutional provision for separation of church and state.
Island Voices
Gambling interests deceiving legislators
The public and our legislators are being deceived. The concept of limited gambling is only one of several misleading themes in the three separate ads paid for and promoted by The Coalition for Economic Diversity. By Dorothy M. Bobilin and Robert T. Bobilin of the Hawai'i Coalition Against Legalized Gambling. |
