Yesterday was not only Inauguration Day but also the opening day of the 2021 Hawaiʻi state legislative session.

What does that mean?

It means that the state needs to think fast about how to address the economic crisis that the pandemic has left us in.

As we all know, tourism is our main industry in Hawaiʻi.

By the end of 2020, however, tourism was still down by SEVENTY SIX percent compared to 2019 and the state is facing about a $1.4 billion budget shortfall.

What is the state's plan?

Wait and hope for Federal money and loan forgiveness.

What if the hoping and waiting doesn't work?

Then their plan is to furlough state employees i.e. austerity measures.

According to a Star-Advertiser poll from this month, however, a majority of the people of Hawai'i are crying out for a different solution: tax the rich.

With a quarter of local businesses having shut down since the start of the pandemic, we the "not rich" majority are out of options and out of patience.

Join us on January 27th to urge the Hawaiʻi State Legislature to #TaxTheRichSaveHawaii.

Register here.