I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kau huakaʻi kauwela, ua ʻōlelo ka luna alakaʻi mākaʻikaʻi nui o Pennsylvania i kēia lā i ka manaʻo kālā o ka Senate Republican e hōʻoki i ke kālā huakaʻi ma ka 73 pakeneka e hōʻeha ʻia kekahi o nā ʻoihana nui loa o ka mokuʻāina a e hoʻopōʻino loa i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Pennsylvania ma ke kumukūʻai o nā tausani o nā hana a pani i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi. .

Ma 2008, ua hāʻawi ka ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi i ka US $18 biliona i ka uku i ʻoi aku ma mua o 600,000 Pennsylvanians.

"Inā ʻae ʻia, e ʻoki ʻo Senate Bill 850 i ke kālā no ka huki ʻana i ka poʻe mākaʻikaʻi ma lalo o US $ 4.5 miliona a e hoʻopaʻa lima i ka ʻoihana me ka luku ʻana i ka hoʻoilina o Pennsylvania ʻo ia kekahi o nā wahi huakaʻi alakaʻi nui o ka lāhui," wahi a ke Keʻena ʻOihana Kaiāulu a me ka Hoʻomohala Hoʻokele waiwai o ke Kakauolelo ʻo Tourism Mickey. Rowley. "ʻO ka laina lalo ke hoʻokūkū ikaika nei nā mokuʻāina no ka poʻe huakaʻi i unuhi ʻia ka hoʻolilo ʻana i nā hana, nā uku, a me nā piliona kālā ma ka mokuʻāina a me nā ʻauhau ʻauhau kūloko i kēlā me kēia makahiki. ʻO kēia ka manawa kūpono e haʻalele ai i ka mākeke mākaʻikaʻi. "

Inā hoʻoholo ʻia kēia pūlāwai e like me ka manaʻo, e ʻike paha ka ʻāina ʻo Great Lakes o Pennsylvania i kēia mau hana i ʻoki ʻia a hoʻopau loa ʻia:

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"E koi ʻia ka manaʻo o ka Senate iā mākou e ʻoki i ke kālā hui kūʻai kūloko koʻikoʻi," wahi a Rowley. "ʻO ka ʻoki ʻana he 40 a i ka 50-pakeneka e hōʻemi ana mai US $ 300,000 a kokoke i US $ 150,000 a e pōʻino ana i ka ʻāina ʻo Great Lakes o Pennsylvania a me nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi āpau e pōmaikaʻi ana mai kahi ʻāpana kūʻai aku."

Ua hoʻohui ʻo Rowley, ʻo nā mokuʻāina hoʻokūkū, e like me Ohio, Michigan, a me Kaleponi, ke alo nei lākou a pau i nā pōkole kālā koʻikoʻi, ua hoʻonui i kā lākou kālā no ka hoʻolaha ʻana i ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻoiai ke kaʻe ʻana a ke hoʻolaha nei lākou ma Pennsylvania a me nā mākeke a puni.

"ʻAʻole hiki iā mākou ke nalowale i nā malihini i kā mākou mau mea hoʻokūkū, ʻoiai i ka manawa e hakakā nei ka nui o kā mākou ʻoihana pili i ka mākaʻikaʻi," wahi a Rowley. "ʻO ka hoʻolaha ʻana iā Pennsylvania ʻo ia ka hoʻolaha ʻana i nā tausani o nā ʻoihana, nui a liʻiliʻi, ma ka mokuʻāina. Pono mākou e loaʻa nā kumuwaiwai e hoʻomau i ka hoʻomaopopo a hoʻoulu i ka poʻe malihini e hoʻolilo kālā ma kā mākou moena a me ka ʻaina kakahiaka, nā hale ʻaina, nā hale hōʻikeʻike, nā hōkele, a me nā mea hoihoi. Inā ʻaʻole mākou e hopu i ko lākou manaʻo a hoʻoikaika iā lākou e hele mai, ʻaʻole lākou, a e pilikia nā Pennsylvanians.

"ʻO ka mea kupanaha iaʻu, ʻo ka haʻalele ʻole ʻana i ka bila Senate e mālama ai i ka ʻoihana liʻiliʻi o Pennsylvania. ʻO nā ʻoihana mākaʻikaʻi, ma ko lākou ʻano maoli, he mau ʻoihana liʻiliʻi. Aia ka hoʻolaha ʻana o ke keʻena mākaʻikaʻi e kākoʻo i kēia mau ʻoihana liʻiliʻi me nā hoʻolaha a me nā hoʻolaha i nā mākeke hiki ʻole iā lākou ke loaʻa iā lākou iho.

Ua haʻi pū ʻo Rowley i ka laʻana o Colorado, ka mea i hoʻopau i kāna kālā kūʻai mākaʻikaʻi mokuʻāina ʻo US $ 12 miliona i ka makahiki 1990 a ʻike i ka emi ʻana o 30 pakeneka o ka māhele mākeke i ʻelua makahiki. ʻO kēlā hāʻule ʻana o ka mākaʻikaʻi i loaʻa ma mua o US $ 2 biliona o nā kūʻai nalowale, a me nā haneli miliona o ka loaʻa kālā ʻauhau mokuʻāina. Ua hoʻihoʻi ʻia ke kālā ma Colorado.

ʻO Pennsylvania ka ʻehā o ka mokuʻāina i kipa nui ʻia, e hoʻokipa ana ma kahi o 140 miliona mau malihini kipa i kēlā me kēia makahiki, ma kahi o 110 miliona o lākou he mau huakaʻi leʻaleʻa. Hāʻawi kēlā mau malihini i kahi US $26 biliona i ka hoʻokele waiwai o Pennsylvania, ʻoiai ua hāʻawi ka poʻe malihini kipa i kahi US $2 biliona.