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Neil Abercrombie
American
Politician
Born:
Jun 26
,
1938
Bank
Good
Land
Money
Seen
Worthless
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There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in.
Neil Abercrombie
Grateful
Queen
Opportunity
Try
Live
Once
Out
Hawaii
Felt
Affected
Fit
Overthrown
Here
Profoundly
Set
When there wasn't any money involved, for all intents and purposes, nobody gave a damn. But now the land, supposedly worthless, is seen for what it really is: an incredibly valuable asset.
Neil Abercrombie
Money
Valuable
Seen
Damn
Gave
Incredibly
Valuable Asset
Worthless
Purposes
Nobody
Supposedly
Involved
Any
Land
Really
Now
Asset
Land in Hawaii is money. What I'm talking about here is ceded land - land that belonged to the kingdom and was ceded to the republic and then to the state when we achieved statehood.
Neil Abercrombie
Money
State
Kingdom
About
Hawaii
Talking
Achieved
Republic
Land
Then
Belonged
Here
Land began to be seen as something to be owned privately and exploited for private interests, and never was entirely reconciled with the old ideas that land should be utilized in common for the good of all.
Neil Abercrombie
Good
Old
Seen
Reconciled
Entirely
Something
Never
Ideas
Private
Began
Privately
Owned
Common
Old Ideas
Land
Exploited
Interests
Should
So there's always been this clash between what is the public good - that which belongs to all of us in common - and what can be exploited for a private interest.
Neil Abercrombie
Good
Clash
Between
Always
Private
Been
Common
Which
Interest
Public
Us
Public Good
Exploited
Belongs
A good portion of the airport is on ceded lands, and lease money was paid for that. So the state's collecting lease money because all of a sudden 'worthless' land now has an airport on it.
Neil Abercrombie
Good
Money
State
Airport
Worthless
Collecting
Because
Lease
Land
Lands
Paid
Sudden
Now
Portion
You're talking serious money already in the bank, and millions of dollars coming in every year.
Neil Abercrombie
You
Money
Year
Every
Talking
Coming
Dollars
Bank
Serious
Millions
Millions Of Dollars
So as soon as the land was worth something and there was money in the bank, all of a sudden everybody got interested in non-discrimination, in who's really going to administer this stuff.
Neil Abercrombie
Money
Worth
Everybody
Administer
Something
Soon
Stuff
Got
Going
Bank
Interested
Land
Really
Sudden
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