STAR-ADVERTISER / 2016
HSTA president Corey Rosenlee, shown here at a march in Waikiki in 2016, says of the state constitutional amendment on the 2018 ballot: “If the 1 percent want to call Hawaii home, then they should give back — and that starts with paying their fair share to ensure our children get the quality education they deserve.”
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Why would any of us vote to tax the rest of us (“Teachers’ proposal would require hefty hike in property taxes,” Star-Advertiser, Sept. 18)? A higher tax on rental homes will simply result in increased rents. Is this in our best interest?
Also, a tax purported to benefit education will simply make it unnecessary for the state to use other revenues for schools, as we do now, making them available for spending in all sorts of ways. If we start by thinking about the welfare of one another, the rest will begin to take care of itself.
Harvey Green
Kailua
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