Pay-2-Play means everything goes through the development lens for its benefit to:
- How does it benefit the Democrat Party?
- How does it utilize Democrat appointed government agencies?
- How does it use a party supporting finance company?
- How does it use a party supporting developer?
- How does it use party supporting unionized labor?
What this approach leaves out is the many important aspect of public infrastructure that don’t fall under the Pay-2-Play matrix.
Roads, parks, public access and maintenance of natural areas are universal and have direct benefit only to the public and large. This is why Hawaii falls short in all these areas.
Innovations such as the Super Ferry or the NextEra purchase of HECO both worked in the interest of the public at large but were forced into bankruptcy or rejected in favor of maintaining the status quo,
- Keeping a physically clean natural and man made environment.
- A safe society where crimes are punished and lawful/ethical behavior is encouraged.
- A VERY business friendly government that encourages business start ups, research and development.
Hawaii has huge potential for development in ways that are cleaner, freer and bring a better standard of living to far more people. Its centralized governing system which favors one party rule ( the unfortunate relic of the approach the early Republican Party initiated) inhibits local control and the individual empowerment and input that is the source of innovation and prosperity.
Prior to the collapse of the sugar and pineapple industries Hawaii had what was called a three legged stool economy. That economy consisted of sugar/pineapple, tourism and military spending.
The state of Hawaii is built on a mid-twentieth century model of centralized one-party rule, unionization, protection of favored industries and excessive regulation. While this development model