The tourism industry showed the Senate such troubling 100% accurate figures that they managed to reproduce in less than a day that showed that taxing this multibillion dollar industry would cripple Hawaii compared to extending a regressive tax that disproportionately harms the elderly and poor.

They also got a Senator who works for Hawaiian Airlines and has connection to tourism lobbyists to present their amendments to return the rail burden to residents. You know...because taxing corporations is the literal apocalypse but the average person is free game...