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3. Why not just simply increase the taxes on hotels and rental vacation homes without mentioning the climate?

Thu Jan 1, 2026, 11:39 AM

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Federal ruling blocks Hawaii's climate change tourist tax on cruise ships [View all] BumRushDaShow 9 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

Increased docking fees for passenger ships? cstanleytech 18 min ago #9

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