Life Harder Under US Occupation
The Hawaiian Kingdom grew all its own food and was even a food exporter to California during the Gold Rush days.
Today the fake state of Hawai`i imports 95% of all its food from the US.
In the 1980s, Hawai`i gained the enviable reputation of providing medical insurance to the highest percentage of residents of any state.
But after the state ended dental cover, toothless smiles are commonplace among the poor. Tens of thousands of residents have no medical insurance at all.
Despite higher profits for many businesses, jobs are scarce and most of the available work pays minimum wage or close to it.
In some cases, the lives of the working poor are worse than the unemployed. Among other things, they don't qualify for state financial assistance or full food stamp benefits.
Today most of Hawai`i island, Molokai, Lana`i and Kaua`i are economic wastelands with little opportunity to make a decent living.
Workers often share apartments or small houses with several other workers because rents are too expensive for one or two individuals to afford.
On every island married couples with children often work two or even three jobs just to make ends meet - if they are fortunate enough to find that many jobs, even at minimum wage.
