Hawaii dems mess up minimum wage AGAIN darn it...

[msongs]

so the dems governor and dems party leadership hold a big deal press event to announce their new package of bills for the newly started legislative session and crap

The big deal minimum wage proposal is $13 an hour but not until 2024! grrrrrrrrrrrr

there are help wanted signs all over the place, a shortage of labor. that means to get
hires you should raise your wage offers now not some day after the governor is collecting his
massive pension and benefits plan

[MontanaMama]

1. Jeezuz.

Hawai’i ain’t cheap...that’s gotta be hard wage in which to make a living. I’m looking forward to DU’s malaise and mahina weighing in on this.

FWIW, I live in Missoula, MT. Relatively expensive cost of living, particularly housing...wages aren’t that great. Median home price is $315K in the valley which is considered “affordable” and well,above that in more “desirable” neighborhoods. We also have a shortage of labor here. Help wanted signs everywhere from fast food to fancy restaurants to auto mechanics to RN’s and physicians at both hospitals. I have friends...a couple...who own two high end outdoor equipment retail stores in town...they are both working all positions at their business because they can’t find people to work there. It’s a stellar business. They treat employees well, pay them well, benefits etc...Outdoor equipment retailers are where it’s at here...this is an outdoor recreation hub. I don’t know what to attribute this to. It’s unnerving.

[msongs]

2. last yr political dems tabled min wage increase to 15/hr and gave themselves

as I seem to recall a raise

[MichMan]

3. Are the businesses there only offering minimum wage?

[Mickju]

4. I lived in Hawaii for 26 years

and I always thought the democrats were a little too conservative. Senator Brian Schatz lived down the hall from me for a couple of years when he was a local politician and he and his wife were very nice, but I never thought he was liberal enough. Sometimes we had political discussions in the elevator. Don't get me started on Tulsi Gabbard and her despicable father. Edited to add that I greatly preferred living there to Oklahoma where I moved when I retired 5 years ago to be near family. Now I have two of the worst senators in the country.

[RealityChik]

5. My family moved to Hi before it was a state, but...

We were forced to move during the recession of 1991. Couldn't survive on the low wages anymore. Joined the HUGE communities of Hawaii expats who moved here to Seattle.

Tore my heart out, but we had exhausted all other options at the time.