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JustABozoOnThisBus

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2. Maybe we shouldn't have any of the fifty states.

Reply to OldBaldy1701E (Reply #1)

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 09:46 AM

8 hrs ago

We Angles and Saxons should not have eliminated the Britons from Britain, either.

But I don't think any of those will be reversed anytime soon.

Meanwhile, those who can afford the trip can continue to enjoy Hawaii.

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Federal ruling blocks Hawaii's climate change tourist tax on cruise ships [View all] BumRushDaShow 10 hrs ago OP

Well, we shouldn't even have those islands to begin with, so... OldBaldy1701E 9 hrs ago #1

Maybe we shouldn't have any of the fifty states. JustABozoOnThisBus 8 hrs ago #2

But those of us who live with the impacts... and it was 0.75% mahina 4 hrs ago #6

But they do and I don't see that changing, unlike the climate mahina 4 hrs ago #5

Me, too. OldBaldy1701E 1 hr ago #7

Why not just simply increase the taxes on hotels and rental vacation homes without mentioning the climate? cstanleytech 7 hrs ago #3

Weʻve maxed out hotel taxes in most opinions and rental homes are proving very difficult to monitor at all. mahina 1 hr ago #8

Increased docking fees for passenger ships? cstanleytech 23 min ago #9

Cruise ships are a blight Wild blueberry 5 hrs ago #4