Hawaii needs to encourage more money-making, innovative ideas to lower our increasing high cost of living and improve our declining quality of life. We need to encourage that the firework bombs we ship in from other countries are instead made here locally in Hawaii. That revenue and profit ratio will be generated here and not benefit overseas locations. Our cost-efficiency using dedicated workers will make other countries rely on us to become the firework experts and ambassadors to the rest of the world.

We also need to become the world’s gambling cruise ship center, with additional multiple casinos and high-end hotels in each island town. Tourists will be encouraged to visit more of Hawaii, and we would become the world’s best gambling destination, instead of Las Vegas.

John Burns

Wahiawa

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