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1. “Progressive” = COMMUNIST Is there a single liberal who understands that? Yes, that’s a rhetorical question.

   http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2015/05/hawaiis_205_million_obamacare_exchange_will_shut_down.html

   If they’re the “leader” then we can guess how the rest will do.

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2. Yeah, Hawaii seems like a pretty darn good example of progressive control:

   Hawaii Governor Signs First-of-Kind State Smoking Age Bill
   Associated Press | Jun 19, 2015 | Cathy Bussewitz

   Hawaii’s governor has signed a bill to make his state the first to raise the legal smoking age to 21. . . .
   “Raising the minimum age as part of our comprehensive tobacco control efforts will help . . . increase the likelihood that our keiki will grow up tobacco-free,” said Ige, using the Hawaiian word for children.

   …

   $200 Million Hawaii Obamacare Exchange Bites the Dust
   American Thinker | June 7, 2015 | Rick Moran

   After months on life support, the Hawaii Obamacare exchange will shutter operations due to the site being economically unsustainable. The state sought more cash from the federal government – after spending more than $200 million – but when that option fell through, Hawaii had little choice but to close it down.

   Fox News:The once-highly praised Hawaii Health Connector has been “unable to generate sufficient revenues to sustain operations,” Gov. David Ige’s office said in a statement. The federal Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) informed the exchange last week that federal funds were no longer available…

   …

   Homelessness in Hawaii

   Paradise Lost

   Catering to tourists comes at a hefty price for locals

   Dec 20th 2014 | HONOLULU | From the print edition
   http://www.economist.com/node/21636768/print

   Hawaii has one of the worst rates of homelessness in the country. . . .

   On the island of Oahu, where three-quarters of Hawaii’s homeless live, sleeping rough has just got rougher. On December 2nd Honolulu’s mayor, Kirk Caldwell, signed a bill that bans people from sitting or lying on the busiest public pavements between 5am and 11pm. Those who do so can be fined up to $1,000 and jailed for up to 30 days. This is part of a plan that Mr Caldwell calls “compassionate disruption”. . . .

   . . . In Honolulu, Mr. Caldwell has promised $3m to house 100 of the city’s homeless and another $43m for more housing. But the city has offered few details, and the new homes will not be ready for years. In the meantime, there is talk of sending the homeless to an encampment on nearby Sand Island—far from the tourists of Waikiki.

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3. Yes, you read that correctly in the last excerpt: the mayor “”has promised $3m to house 100 of the city’s homeless.”

   Emphasis mine. You can’t see it, unless you’re the NSA, but I’m giving that statement plenty of emphasis.

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4. That’s only $30,000 each, you can’t properly house a homeless person for that, that’s barely covers the drugs and alcohol.

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5. Only $30,000? We had homeless people here in Boston that made more that that panhandling every year!

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