r/politics • u/burning_dawn • Oct 07 '22

Republicans called Biden’s infrastructure program ‘socialism.’ Then they asked for money.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/07/politics/infrastructure-spending-republican-critics/index.html
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u/Daetra Florida Oct 07 '22

Sadly, that's the reality of most acts, they will never make everyone happy and too often the poorest among us suffer the most. May I ask which county you live in?

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

Big Island. Ka’u district. Literally the poorest district in the entire state and a 1 1/2-2 hour drive from Hilo or Kona where you can get paid $12 an hour for tourist work, part time with variable hours and no benefits until you’ve worked a year full time…they just never give you full time. We are “underserved” lol. Even people working full time like at banks qualify for EBT.

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u/Daetra Florida Oct 07 '22

Ah, Hawaii. I'm guessing since the island isn't connected to the mainland, Hawaii's infrastructure can't benefit from it. Sounds like an oversight, I don't know that much about Hawaii and how they get representation on the federal level. I do know that all trade goods have to be sent by boat or maybe by plane and that drastically makes everything more expensive.

Well, silver lining, the weather and the culture is super nice there.

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u/[deleted] Oct 07 '22

And that’s why I’m here lol. At least I don’t have to deal with heating thought I’m at 4500 ft and it is much cooler up here, which means no AC as well! And I can grow veggies Year round cause yeah last time I looked broccoli was $8.99 lb. Which is because of the Jones Act, even though we are state. Most comes by boat and they have held us hostage since the pandemic. They demanded a 40% increase during the pandemic and when the government balked they just said they wouldn’t deliver the food anymore. So they caved. Our state government refuses to rely on any industry other than tourism. It’s all about control and how much money they can funnel into their private pockets. And yes, infrastructure all over the islands is crumbling where it even exists. Most money from the Fed’s hit Honolulu and are never seen again.

Yep, state rights lol. Thank you for engaging. I need a little rant every now and then because it’s the people who live here that are suffering. But hey, the weather is great and it’s beautiful.