The title is a comment made by Congressman Charles Djou of Hawaii concerning the citizens of what he called the Republic of Micronesia. He made it clear that he did not want the Micronesians to come to Hawaii and use up all the social services and become burden to the state especially because they are not paying taxes to the state. In fact, he'd rather that the "Foreign Aid Check" should go to the government of the Republic of Micronesia and that they should take care of their own citizens. He also wanted to require these citizens of the Republic of Micronesia to apply and have visas whenever they enter the United States just like any of its allied countries' citizens.
Well, while his concerns may be legitimate, it is rather sad that his rather prejudice viewpoints had blinded him to the fact that there are many more Micronesians that are working and paying all sorts of taxes to the state of Hawaii. For each Micronesian that is utilizing the social services, there are at least three that came to Hawaii because of that one person and they are working and paying taxes to the state just like everybody else.
Mr. Congressman, we will be here in Hawaii and elsewhere in the United States seeking out opportunities for ourselves and for our children. We won't go away just because you don't want us here. But we will if both of our countries agree that the Compact of Free Association should be terminated or if you started a Pogrom and haul us all back to the Republic of Micronesia. Until then, Mahalo.
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