Comments on: Friday…(2) Thoughts on the state budget impasse http://ilind.net/2009/06/19/friday2-thoughts-on-the-state-budget-impasse/ Ian Lind • Online daily from Kaaawa, Hawaii Mon, 13 Feb 2012 23:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mahina http://ilind.net/2009/06/19/friday2-thoughts-on-the-state-budget-impasse/comment-page-1/#comment-1796 mahina Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:52:09 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=2659#comment-1796 Ian, I'm sure you are right. It's divide and conquer, very astutely timed. Super nasty. I remember hearing something about a 'new beginning.' Tootsie needs to take a break! Ian, I’m sure you are right. It’s divide and conquer, very astutely timed. Super nasty. I remember hearing something about a ‘new beginning.’ Tootsie needs to take a break!

]]> By: Andy Parx http://ilind.net/2009/06/19/friday2-thoughts-on-the-state-budget-impasse/comment-page-1/#comment-1795 Andy Parx Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:35:49 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=2659#comment-1795 It’s pretty apparent from her position on federally funded state workers that a more important motivation for Lingle (than positioning herself with the national GOP) is busting the UPW et. al., screwing them in the new contract negotiations and getting revenge against state worker unions for supporting legislative Dems. In other words petty vindictiveness in more in line with her personality than climbing the Republican ladder It’s pretty apparent from her position on federally funded state workers that a more important motivation for Lingle (than positioning herself with the national GOP) is busting the UPW et. al., screwing them in the new contract negotiations and getting revenge against state worker unions for supporting legislative Dems.

In other words petty vindictiveness in more in line with her personality than climbing the Republican ladder

]]> By: chuck_smith http://ilind.net/2009/06/19/friday2-thoughts-on-the-state-budget-impasse/comment-page-1/#comment-1794 chuck_smith Sat, 20 Jun 2009 16:25:25 +0000 http://ilind.net/?p=2659#comment-1794 Hawaii is fortunate that it didn't rely on jacking up the sales tax in the past and thus it has the option, as you say, of raising it to 5% without causing undue hardship. Here in Calif., sales tax is over 9%, basically 10%. Now they're proposing taxes on home insurance?? "Leaders" here are in complete denial...lucky you live Hawaii. One problem to keep an eye on is personal income tax (PIT) and corporate taxes will probably drop a lot 2009-2010 even in Hawaii so the state will have to either raise more tax or make deeper cuts to align with the reality of declining tourism and falling housing prices and sales. Hawaii is fortunate that it didn’t rely on jacking up the sales tax in the past and thus it has the option, as you say, of raising it to 5% without causing undue hardship. Here in Calif., sales tax is over 9%, basically 10%. Now they’re proposing taxes on home insurance?? “Leaders” here are in complete denial…lucky you live Hawaii.
One problem to keep an eye on is personal income tax (PIT) and corporate taxes will probably drop a lot 2009-2010 even in Hawaii so the state will have to either raise more tax or make deeper cuts to align with the reality of declining tourism and falling housing prices and sales.

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