Comment: While it may not be politically correct to say so, the Compact of Free Association is causing a visible harm to the social fabric of the state.  You can sugarcoat this as much as you want, but there are problems with this transplanted community that their leaders are wont to disregard.  Take a drive around the Makiki area where there is a high concentration of COFA residents, the designated garbage pick up areas where they live are stacked with refuse...either the city doesn't want to pick it up, or that much trash is generated...graffiti is rampant all over the area from "gangs" of roving COFA youths...coupled with the homeless in migration from areas they are chased from, it makes the whole neighborhood look like a Brazilian slum.  I have guests from other countries who enjoy visiting Hawaii for the "third world experience" with amenities...