Isn’t it strange? Less than 10 years ago, when the voices of sanity were raised to protest the proposed “STARS” program – which was not only expensive to taxpayers but also potentially dangerous locally and definitely counter-productive internationally, in that
Isn’t it strange? Less than 10 years ago, when the voices of sanity were raised
to protest the proposed “STARS” program – which was not only expensive to
taxpayers but also potentially dangerous locally and definitely
counter-productive internationally, in that it increased rather than lessened
the chances of nuclear war – the “establishment” and many others who felt
threatened foresaw disaster for the island if we lost the jobs that would go
with the program. Or maybe the whole base would close. Good grief! Total
disaster! How did we ever survive before we were rescued by the
military?
They ran to Uncle Dan to save the pork barrel. The theory, I
guess, was that any job, whether productive or not, should be saved at any
cost.
Yet, when many productive jobs were lost a few years later when
McBride closed its sugar operation and now when Amfac does the same, where are
the protests?
These companies are praised for continuing as long as they
did. Certainly production of sugar and any other agricultural product is far
more beneficial and infinitely more compatible with Hawai’i in general and
Kaua’i in particular,than any military activities – especially those on this
island which are ostensibly to protect us, but ironically do the exact
opposite.
Think about it.
LISA J. BURKET
Koloa
