Let’s join Canada to
escape the ‘collapse’
Join Canada? Far-fetched? Maybe, but every day, there is less and less left of the national government that we were used to. They like to call themselves “conservatives,” but they are more radical than any jihadist.
We are witnessing the inward collapse of our federal government. Is there any way to reverse this? Not at the moment. The traditional three branches of our federal government have become ruled by one.
Instead of fleeing to Canada to escape this madness, why not bring Canada here? There are distinct advantages.
1. Universal health care for all citizens. This is something that all U.S. citizens should have had long ago.
2. Reclaim Pearl Harbor, and kindly ask the U.S. Navy to relocate their ships elsewhere. Then establish an international shipping transfer port, using our unique mid-Pacific location and “the finest harbor anywhere in the Pacific” to its full potential and replace tourism as our main source of income. This would:
3. Reduce costs for transportation of goods, as container ships could come directly here from other countries instead of always going to Long Beach, Calif., first and unload and reload before docking here.
4. Matson, Pasha and Young Brothers would no longer be the monopolies here as they are now. Prices on everything would drop.
5. Canada subsidizes ship traffic as an extension of the highways. Could that apply to ship-borne freight and vehicle traffic between Hawaii and Canada as well?
6. We would become part of the British Commonwealth under the protection of Great Britain and Canada, a peaceful country, unlike living under the warlord we have now.
Brian Daniel
Volcano
High school fails to
prepare students
High school is such a short period of time yet is expected to be one of the most developmental.
Sure, this is understandable, but it can get to be a lot — getting your permit, license, graduating, getting a job, going to college, maybe even moving out.
For many students, it feels like getting thrown in the deep end and being told “sink or swim.”For most youth, this occurs when they are about 17 or 18, near the end of their high school years.
Everything around you seems to shift. Your schedule changes, and so does your social life.
Friends going to college out of state might feel more distant, when just a few years ago it felt as though you’d never be apart.
Don’t get me wrong, there are lots of resources students can use to make this transition easier, but they are often neglected or unused. Schools aren’t structured nearly well enough to set kids up for adulthood, whether it be college or straight to the workforce.
Programs that should be prioritized (such as a financial literacy course) aren’t required, while algebra and geometry is. Which do you think we’ll use more?
Yes, core topics rightfully have their reasons to be required in the education system.
That being said, things taught in those classes wouldn’t be applied nearly as much as we’d apply things like home economics, finance, etiquette, basic workforce entry training, etc.
Our education system fails a lot of people, and I believe it should be widely restructured.
Lia Scicchitano
Hilo
Speed bumps needed
on newly paved road
After decades, the Old Kona Airport Park roadway has been paved!
I was so happy to see it and drive a gravel-free road that would not harm my new 2024 vehicle!
But then, I saw two teenagers on scooters spinning their wheels to create towers of burning-rubber smoke and leaving burnt rubber on the road, followed quickly by several vehicles speeding along this new right of way.
Shame, shame on them. Even though they were local, they were not pono.
I hope the county is not done with the paving job and that some speed bumps will quickly be installed. Already the “asphalt” surface seems to be deteriorating. Thanks, I guess.
James R. Brown
Kailua-Kona
