Honolulu Rail Tax Creates Inequality - The Truth:
Hawai`i ranks number two, among all U.S. States, in taxing low- and
moderate-income families.
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Hawaii residents earn the lowest average-adjusted income in the country. Yet, our
state has the highest cost of living in the United States.”
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Hawai`i Appleseed reported that, “Residents in Hawai`i are faced with a number of severe
economic challenges to attaining and maintaining self-sufficiency.
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Honolulu Rail is unpopular on O`ahu. State funding efforts have succeeded because
Neighbor Island residents want O`ahu to have rail.
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The State Senate, controlled by Neighbor Island leaders, favor making O`ahu residents
pay for rail, by expanding the use of the General Excise Tax (GET).