Layoffs at hotU inc. In 1999, the year for which the figure applied, it represented about 15 percent of the entire state economy. Charles Ota, the chamber's director of military affairs, estimated that military taxes paid in 1999 accounted for 19 percent of all state tax revenue. Merchants do their best to encourage spending by the state's 35,813 military personnel. Sears, for example, will match the post exchange price on any name brand product.
Military presence affects the prosperity of communities adjoining installations.
Ota says Wahiawa businesses suffer when Schofield Barracks units are deployed elsewhere. A brigade will move out for a brief stay at the Joint Readiness Training Center at Ft. Polk in Louisiana in a couple of months, and a large portion of the 25th Infantry Division will deploy for six months to Bosnia next year. It also works the other way. HireHonolulu Fill an opening, find a job Internet Directory Local businesses on the web Merchant Services Start accepting credit cards online.