>

> We apparently have a disconnect. Homes are quite
> expensive, and salaries are low (not to mention the
> higher cost of living), when you consider how much a
> home cost. Since, there is not a whole lot you can
> do about the cost of a home, the only solution is to
> provide jobs where they can earn more money. And it
> would seem to me, depending on the tourist industry,
> is not exactly a way to provide jobs that pay enough
> to offset the price of a home.

> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Jerry Okamura wrote:

>> We apparently have a disconnect. Homes are quite
>> expensive, and salaries are low (not to mention the
>> higher cost of living), when you consider how much a
>> home cost. Since, there is not a whole lot you can
>> do about the cost of a home, the only solution is to
>> provide jobs where they can earn more money. And it
>> would seem to me, depending on the tourist industry,
>> is not exactly a way to provide jobs that pay enough
>> to offset the price of a home.

>
> Of course, there could be subsidized housing for
> tourist industry workers. Whether that is desireable is
> another question. And the tourist industry is not that
> bad an employer. It's one of the most popular places
> that teens go to look for jobs after high school. What
> other industry would hire greeters with leis at the
> airport, or hire valets or porters, etc? The tourist
> industry is a bonanza of jobs for residents. What is ...

> the likes of you and me have higher paying jobs (and
> unlike me, for all I know you're from here). As long
> as you have to import electronics technicians,
> engineers, scientists, etc. because they're almost
> impossible to find locally I think we'd better think
> about educating people better. (We have some very
> good local technical people, don't get me wrong, but
> they're hard to come by)