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发帖数: 29846 | 1 Hawaii Lawmakers Want to Buy One-Way Tickets Off the Island for Homeless
August 4, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
“Dear homeless, you have been voted off the island.” That is what some
Hawaii lawmakers are saying with a plan to allocate state funds to buy one-
way tickets off the Island for the state’s homeless population. It is two
Democrats sponsoring the program, too.
Now, wait… two Democrats are sponsoring legislation to ship the homeless
off the island? Yep. So, doesn’t that break the claim that only the left
cares about the homeless. Yep.
It’s all a case of NIMBY, not in my back yard. Oh, these Democrats love the
homeless… when they are someone else’s problem.
The “Return To Home” program will give any homeless person a one-way
ticket back to the contiguous United States if they can show that someone
will take them in.
Lawmakers have funded the program with $100,000 each year for three years.
It was created by Democrat state Rep. John Mizuno, the vice speaker of the
House of reps.
Interestingly, rep. Mizuno has tried to pass this bill every year for the
last three years, but this year, on his fourth try, he got it attached to a
budget bill and the measure passed without amendment.
Another hilarious aspect of the bill is that it said that homeless travelers
had to have “sufficient personal hygiene” and this provision rankled left
-wing homeless advocates who claimed that this was a mean-spirited, negative
stereotype.
Rep. Mizuno, however, defends his bill and says that he can “help” 100
homeless people a year. Held as in help rid Hawaii of the homeless, that is.
Passing this law isn’t the only thing that rep. Mizuno has done to rid the
island of the homeless, though. Back in 2010 after the failure to pass a
bill similar to the current Return To Home bill, Mizuno and and Democrat rep
. Rida Cabanilla actually began to solicit private donations to set up a
fund that would fulfill the mission of buying one-way tickets for the
homeless. They even donated their own money to the effort. Dedication.
Naturally the homeless advocates in Hawaii are not happy with all this
business and say it is demeaning and callous. | D*******o
发帖数: 3229 | 2 几年前看到一个报告，保守估计Honolulu City and County有6000多homeless，该地总
人口略少于100万。据说本土有的州给自己辖区内的homeless送夏威夷的单程机票。
Homeless是Honolulu当地居民一个很头疼的问题，几乎所有公园都有homeless常驻，除
了对附近居民造成骚扰外，还经常发生入室盗窃。 | j******8
发帖数: 1006 | 3 nyc does this too. if you are homeless and want to leave the cityto
anotherplace, bloomberg will get you a one way ticket and take you to jfk.
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: Hawaii Lawmakers Want to Buy One-Way Tickets Off the Island for Homeless
: August 4, 2013 by Warner Todd Huston
: “Dear homeless, you have been voted off the island.” That is what some
: Hawaii lawmakers are saying with a plan to allocate state funds to buy one-
: way tickets off the Island for the state’s homeless population. It is two
: Democrats sponsoring the program, too.
: Now, wait… two Democrats are sponsoring legislation to ship the homeless
: off the island? Yep. So, doesn’t that break the claim that only the left
: cares about the homeless. Yep.
: It’s all a case of NIMBY, not in my back yard. Oh, these Democrats love the
| i*****9
发帖数: 698 | 4 Pls notice it is not about buying one-way tickets for homeless people, but
the people who are doing it. |
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