Did you know the Akaka Bill could legitimzie the illegal overthrow of the sovereign Hawaiian Nation as well as settle all lands claims in Hawai'i in the US's favor? You can get the full story on the so-called Native Hawaiian Recognition Act of 2003 (also known as the Akaka Bill) on www.stopakaka.com.

As the Office of Hawaiian Affairs is telling us, if the Native Hawaiian Recognition Act of 2003, (Akaka Bill) isn’t passed, alleged subsequent loss of federal funding could have a dramatic effect upon not only Native Hawaiians, but also Hawaii's economy. Federal appropriations in fiscal 2002 to cover all 250,000 people who call themselves Native Hawaiian included:

Education: $30.5 million / 250,000 Hawaiians = $122.00 per Hawaiian
How much education can you buy this year with $122.00? If teachers are making say 30,000/year you could hire 1016 teachers. That means there would only have to be 246 Hawaiians per classroom.
Affordable housing: $9.6 million/250,000 Hawaiians= $38.40 per Hawaiian
How much of your yearly rental costs does $38.40 cover?
Health care: $7 million /250,000 Hawaiians= $28.00 per Hawaiian
How much dental and medical insurance can you buy with $28.00? Maybe get only half your teeth cleaned this year and hope you don’t get sick?
Strengthening community colleges (academics): $3.25 million /250,000Hawaiians= $13.00 per Hawaiian
How many units of academic instruction does $13.00 cover at a community college these days?
Vocational education: $2.9 million/250,000 Hawaiians = $11.60 per Hawaiian
What can you learn how to do for $11.60?
Community development: $2 million/250,000 Hawaiians= $8.00 per Hawaiian
How much Community infrastructure does $8.00 buy?
Strengthening community colleges (agriculture): $1.5 million /250,000 Hawaiians= $6.00 per Hawaiian
What does $6.00 buy in the way of agricultural education at community college these days?
Housing loan guarantees: $1 million /250,000 Hawaiians= $4.00 per Hawaiian
How much of your annual mortgage does $4.00 cover?
Culture and arts: $740,000/250,000 Hawaiians= $2.96 per Hawaiian
For $2.96, about all the culture you can afford is a plastic kukui nut lei
Looks like about $233.96 per Hawaiian total ...less administrative costs of course.

Aloha Kakou,

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