It's become clear that one of the Democrats' preferred "strategies" the last many years or even decades has been to blame their own mismanagement on climate change and then try to raise taxes to address that. It's a circular fiscal firing squad but that's how the Dems do things instead of taking political responsibility for the messes they create.
Earlier this month we told you that Hawaii was suing oil companies over climate change (not counting the one that donates to the Democrats) and now they have another grand plan to address that issue: Making it more expensive to visit their state:
You'll soon be paying more to get yourself some "aloha" time. Hawaii is placing a new tax on tourists to fund climate change projects. The tax is the first of its kind in the nation. https://t.co/jo7WnHU6qK pic.twitter.com/vQmUpahvuZ
— ABC7 Eyewitness News (@ABC7) May 29, 2025
Isn't it strange how the one of the main ways the climate can be made more stable is by raising taxes? But hey, that's lefty "science" in a nutshell.
This also won't raise the amount of money the Dems say, which is "nearly $100 million annually." As usual the Dems take current numbers and calculate how much money their new tax is going to bring in without considering the resulting changes in behavior. This will backfire like everything else they do.
This is a genius move to lower Hawaii’s carbon footprint by attracting many fewer tourists, which of course reduces the number of hotels and retailers and excursion operators able to stay in business, not to mention rental-car agencies.
— Joel Engel (@joelengel) May 30, 2025
The effects will be immediate. Well done. https://t.co/XKPPWcbFIN
Yep, the only thing this might accomplish is to lower emissions because fewer people will be flying to Hawaii. Congratulations, or something.
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Same politicians will be baffled when net tax revenue declines--because they just made Hawaii even more unaffordable.
— Browning Machine (@BrowningMachine) May 29, 2025
They will ascribe this to "bad luck". Then wonder where the money for welfare for newly unemployed tourism workers will come from.
I was thinking about going to Hawaii for my birthday next year. But now I’m thinking Miami Florida might be a better choice. #Democrats really are the dumb, greedy as*holes. https://t.co/YKHqvc3DRU
— Cathleen Pyle (@Cococat92) May 30, 2025
When this grand plan backfires badly the Dems who run Hawaii will blame -- you guessed it -- climate change.
The Dems can at least count on the AP to forward the narrative without question (after all, they literally get paid to push climate change fearmongering):
Green said other states and nations will need to act similarly to address climate disasters roiling the planet.
The disaster that's "roiling the planet" is the death of actual journalism. But sure, more Democrats will definitely be all over this... any excuse to keep raising taxes and fees.
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