These Are The Billionaires Buying Hawaii

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  • Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
  • America’s richest have been buying in Hawaii for years, but no one knew exactly how extensive their holdings were. To figure it out, Forbes spent months digging through thousands of property records on Hawaii’s six biggest islands. The results were astonishing: Just 37 billionaires own at least 218,000 acres. That’s 5.3% of the state’s total land and 11.1% of all non-government-owned land-though it is likely even higher given the lengths to which these billionaires go to obscure their ownership. Expressed a different way: Those 37 people, equal to just 0.003% of Hawaii’s total population of 1.4 million, own more than 10% of its land.
    With billionaires like Oprah Winfrey, Mark Zuckerberg and Larry Ellison buying up so much real estate, locals are wondering if Hawaii is becoming a playground for the rich.
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  • @chad9971
    @chad9971 7 місяців тому +745

    If you have something beautiful, rich people will always come in and take it away. As a Jamaican, I would know.

    • @Synoopy2
      @Synoopy2 7 місяців тому +33

      The resorts are killing commerce for the average Jamaican who used to profit. Now the tourist don't even step outside the resorts because the resorts are all inclusive.

    • @bastymanguy
      @bastymanguy 7 місяців тому +36

      @@Synoopy2 no it’s because they’re afraid of getting robbed and harassed by certain locals

    • @bastymanguy
      @bastymanguy 7 місяців тому +11

      I see, so when the white man left the island long ago, the blacks got the island for themselves, apparently that’s not good enough for you. New problem is: Now ‘rich people’ took the beautiful thing away, as you said. They only blocked off beaches the hotels are built on, I guess that’s what you’re referring to.

    • @chudcel99
      @chudcel99 7 місяців тому +15

      lmao. jamaicans should be greatful for all this!!! we rich foreigners give you jobs. you should be greatful for every penny we give you

    • @covfefe1787
      @covfefe1787 7 місяців тому +12

      @@utubechannel3846 what indigenous people Jamaica has no indigenous people.

  • @Allinmyworld
    @Allinmyworld 7 місяців тому +385

    This has been going on for decades since the Big 5 owned and operated in Hawaii. Owning Hawaii has deep deep roots and pockets.

    • @hyphydan
      @hyphydan 7 місяців тому

      Wrong, Asian Settler Colonists own Hawaii

    • @bigislandbeach69
      @bigislandbeach69 7 місяців тому +4

      LOL 'ae and not as reported in this article

    • @WaterspoutsOfTheDeep
      @WaterspoutsOfTheDeep 7 місяців тому +10

      And this is no different than the land owned everywhere else in the USA essentially. This is not a Hawaii issue. Everyone wants to own their house and land.

    • @SmashingTacoz
      @SmashingTacoz 7 місяців тому +1

      yeah and everyone and the molepo wants to be one chief

    • @user33housecats
      @user33housecats 7 місяців тому +2

      yes, land is power in Hawai'i

  • @BIoknight000
    @BIoknight000 7 місяців тому +490

    Hawaii should dramatically increase land taxes on owners greater than 100 acres and publicize a land registry so that these billionaires can't obfuscate their holdings in layers and layers of LLCs. If possible they should force sale of this land to the State so it can be publicly owned and cared for instead of squirreled away by greedy parasites

    • @S0ulinth3machin3
      @S0ulinth3machin3 7 місяців тому +36

      not allowing corporate entities or partnerships to own property would require a change in federal law. You can't do that at the local level.

    • @BIoknight000
      @BIoknight000 7 місяців тому

      That's not what I said. Read again. My suggestion was to publicize a land registry so the ultimate ownership of any land is known. What happens now is that any time a billionaire buys land or property they found a LLC with a generic name and that LLC is then owned by another generic company which itself is owned by another generic company. They hide through layers and layers of bullshit. That's unacceptable.@@S0ulinth3machin3

    • @Carlos-on4fz
      @Carlos-on4fz 7 місяців тому +44

      I was with you until the "states should own and care for" part.

    • @bsdgffishtuna5186
      @bsdgffishtuna5186 7 місяців тому

      but increasing taxes 10x on land over 50 acres is totally within the state's authority.@@S0ulinth3machin3

    • @WaterspoutsOfTheDeep
      @WaterspoutsOfTheDeep 7 місяців тому +13

      And this is no different than the land owned everywhere else in the USA essentially. This is not a Hawaii issue. Everyone wants to own their house and land.

  • @matthews1256
    @matthews1256 7 місяців тому +98

    Man the world is fucked beyond repair.

    • @PCPC-z4t
      @PCPC-z4t 7 місяців тому +4

      @EuroWarsOrg That's not what he is implying here..come on........

    • @Sundream_65
      @Sundream_65 14 днів тому +2

      I am literally crying after learning about this. These people are evil evil people 😢😢. How can they sleep at night.

  • @robbcervss595
    @robbcervss595 7 місяців тому +16

    What is happening in Hawaii is disgusting and in human

  • @michaelscot4816
    @michaelscot4816 7 місяців тому +22

    Volcanoes don't care how rich you are! 😂

  • @laydsimba
    @laydsimba 7 місяців тому +9

    Now I understand why Hawaii is completely unaffordable to both live in AND visit. So sad.

  • @S0ulinth3machin3
    @S0ulinth3machin3 7 місяців тому +347

    If Hawaii wanted to avoid this, they should have a maximum parcel size. If you have giant tracts of land in a beatiful environment, then of course it's going to be the wealthiest people who end up owning it.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 7 місяців тому +21

      INCREASE the property taxes for anything above 2 acres, a normal family living space.

    • @san6788
      @san6788 7 місяців тому

      It's almost like there's groups or individuals that are out there too somehow wine and perhaps dine politicians in order to get what a small group of individuals want

    • @S0ulinth3machin3
      @S0ulinth3machin3 7 місяців тому +11

      @@davidb2206 ummmm . . . . that would actually exacerbate the problem. You and I would never be able to afford the taxes.

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 7 місяців тому +4

      @@S0ulinth3machin3 How would it exacerbate the problem if I live on ONE acre or less and so my property taxes are reduced or eliminated? Did you not understand the proposal? Only taxes would go up for those owning a parcel/deed of MORE than 2 acres. As they should.

    • @S0ulinth3machin3
      @S0ulinth3machin3 7 місяців тому +11

      @@davidb2206 it would exacerbate the problem of wealthy people owning all the large parcels. They're the only ones who can afford it now, if the government makes it more expensive to own a large parcel, then it amplifies it.
      That's making the assumption that raising taxes on large parcels is with the purpose of trying to make the distribution of land more equitable.

  • @lanilovezz
    @lanilovezz 7 місяців тому +92

    As a Hawaiian, this makes me so sad for Hawaiians. I know so many people who have moved away, myself included, to be able to start our career and hopefully make it back home with a good chunk of money at a decent age. If we had stayed, it'd take so long to be able to afford it

    • @porothashawarma2339
      @porothashawarma2339 7 місяців тому +8

      That is just sad , you need more laws to restrict the buying the of land by non-natives .
      Non-hawaiian residents shouldn’t be able to buy whereever they want - there should be designated zones and fixed area they can buy per individual.

    • @donnagelina8548
      @donnagelina8548 7 місяців тому +1

      How many years do you have till then?

    • @glaznflip1501
      @glaznflip1501 7 місяців тому +2

      I feel the same way, I left home with hopes of returning back to live my final days there. :( these billionaires can buy up hawai’i but they will never be welcome to our community…

    • @lanilovezz
      @lanilovezz 7 місяців тому

      @@donnagelina8548as house prices go up each year, that finish line keeps moving. until i can afford a $1 million home comfortably, i cannot move home :/

    • @hyphydan
      @hyphydan 7 місяців тому +2

      Blue Eyed Hawaiin 🤙🏻🤔

  • @saraxdouglas8577
    @saraxdouglas8577 7 місяців тому +89

    Yeah billionaires are buying up Hawaii but who is selling it.....!?

    • @hodisfut
      @hodisfut 7 місяців тому +8

      Locals. Who else? A local owns half an acre, another a whole acre, then comes a billionaire and offers them millions for their small patchs and put them together to create a ranch or compound or whatever

    • @Tigertame4
      @Tigertame4 6 місяців тому +5

      @@hodisfut Yup and that is how it is.

    • @ricksmith4736
      @ricksmith4736 6 місяців тому +1

      Hopefully they are buying out the Japanese.....

    • @christianamor8828
      @christianamor8828 6 місяців тому +7

      Lahaina victims. After their neighborhood was torched down by energy directed weapons.

    • @icedriver2207
      @icedriver2207 6 місяців тому +6

      Don't forget how little the US government did for the citizens of Lahaina. This was probably just to force them to sell.

  • @Milestonemonger
    @Milestonemonger 7 місяців тому +358

    We live in Waikiki, and we pay $5000 a month for a one bedroom. The prices here are insane.

    • @sleepy670
      @sleepy670 7 місяців тому +51

      You're paying too much. Tons of one bdrms available for half that or less.

    • @time2132
      @time2132 7 місяців тому +4

      I mean it's a nice island so the price makes sense.

    • @brentsmelser
      @brentsmelser 7 місяців тому +15

      Move

    • @fu9793
      @fu9793 7 місяців тому +16

      How can you afford? Jobs there must pay well.

    • @Frenchieeeee
      @Frenchieeeee 7 місяців тому

      pay isn't good in oahu.@@fu9793

  • @brandonobody
    @brandonobody 7 місяців тому +69

    You can't tell me that fire just happened.

    • @MsJellyBellyLove
      @MsJellyBellyLove 7 місяців тому

      Colonizer controlled agriculture set the stage for dry lands.

    • @Frank-r3y2i
      @Frank-r3y2i 6 місяців тому +5

      Fires do just happen, but not this one look at the film clips of the fire they said 80 mph winds but then they show people in the ocean to escape the fire and there's no waves.

    • @stephaniewilliams9469
      @stephaniewilliams9469 6 місяців тому +5

      DEW

    • @johnnyrebel3340
      @johnnyrebel3340 5 місяців тому +1

      Absolutely..... 💯 the D&C is completely to blame at this point.

    • @paulvon2378
      @paulvon2378 4 місяці тому +1

      WHAT ARE YOU SAYING BRO?

  • @mathieust-louis2893
    @mathieust-louis2893 7 місяців тому +208

    Hawaii has the lowest property taxes in the nation. It makes zero sense why, a place where land is so limited. We barely tax the land and encourage foreign investment with our low taxes while we tax the working man into oblivion.

    • @bob15479
      @bob15479 7 місяців тому +9

      perhaps they don't need it because of taxes on tourism revenues? hiking property taxes is only going to hurt ordinary hawaiian.

    • @muazunais2378
      @muazunais2378 7 місяців тому +2

      cuz foreign investments brings value it gives a high returnbut a working man doesn't, it's the unfortunate reality

    • @tw238
      @tw238 7 місяців тому +2

      It makes a lot of sense. They must keep property taxes are low, because cost of living is among, if not the highest in the country. Most locals cannot afford to own property & have to work 2-3 jobs to make it. So higher property taxes would even further exclude the local population from home ownership.

    • @glaznflip1501
      @glaznflip1501 7 місяців тому +1

      Crazy to think for a blue state.

    • @ac1455
      @ac1455 7 місяців тому +2

      ⁠@@tw238but at the same time, if all the value being poured in is tied to real estate, the low property tax means it’s more profitable to invest in real estate rather than other ventures which would pay higher salaries

  • @cldude691
    @cldude691 7 місяців тому +15

    It's not for a playground.. it's a safe haven for when everything goes bad on the mainland due to the things they are doing.

  • @tallyholightguy5353
    @tallyholightguy5353 7 місяців тому +12

    Farming cattle is so unsustainable when there isn't that much land for natives to live on

    • @gregcarter8656
      @gregcarter8656 6 місяців тому +5

      Beef is totally un-necessary in Hawaii anyway.
      Hawaiians lived here for centuries with no cattle whatsoever.

  • @bsdgffishtuna5186
    @bsdgffishtuna5186 7 місяців тому +43

    increasing taxes 10x on land over 50 acres is totally within the state's authority.

    • @Ralphfili
      @Ralphfili 7 місяців тому +1

      What caring nice things do you think the property owners would do 'for' their tenants if that were to happen?

    • @UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNA
      @UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNA 7 місяців тому +1

      @@Ralphfilitheyd lose their wealth quickly and end up having to resell the property

    • @ItsNotMeItsYou007
      @ItsNotMeItsYou007 7 місяців тому

      @@Ralphfili No one wants to be tenants. They want to be home owners.

  • @WeylandLabs
    @WeylandLabs 7 місяців тому +261

    You would think they would be helping the Hawaiian natives to make the islands more sustainable for them also.

    • @haobaba
      @haobaba 7 місяців тому

      You would think that unless you realize that no good people horde billions for themselves.

    • @markuse3472
      @markuse3472 7 місяців тому +10

      @TRB-yg4ph To preserve the Native population. It's a humane and civil and life-saving endeavor.
      But you wouldn't care for such charity and a safer planet.

    • @oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656
      @oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656 7 місяців тому +42

      You don’t understand how billionaires only care about themselves. Even when they give is to make themselves look good. Maybe save in taxes or something.

    • @warmpabst
      @warmpabst 7 місяців тому +19

      @@markuse3472 he meant what would that gain them? They became billionaires from being greedy not charitable

    • @tuckerbugeater
      @tuckerbugeater 7 місяців тому

      yes, let's give stuff to whiny victims who offer nothing to humanity. @@oahujuniorgolfassociationc6656

  • @jethin37
    @jethin37 7 місяців тому +50

    There’s just no way Oprah got 850 acres of Hawaii for 6.4 million dollars. That’s 7500$ an acre, that’s just robbery. Whoever is selling at those prices please show those offers to non billionaires or someone who is willing to pay a reasonable price

    • @averyhayden
      @averyhayden 7 місяців тому +10

      A lot of them bullied locals into selling their land after the fires when they lost everything/struggled to rebuild. It was a whole controversial thing back then with locals going online talking about it then getting their posts taken down.

    • @johnsmith-un2mx
      @johnsmith-un2mx 7 місяців тому +6

      she burned it first.

    • @yaimavol
      @yaimavol 6 місяців тому +7

      @@johnsmith-un2mx Yep, and there are still a lot of kids missing. The whole thing was very weird and strange

    • @margaretglowacki5749
      @margaretglowacki5749 5 місяців тому

      @@johnsmith-un2mxher land is on the other side of the island

  • @thedrunkweddingphotographer
    @thedrunkweddingphotographer 7 місяців тому +28

    Remember when you called everyone "far right conspiracy theorist Trumpers" for saying this exact same thing minutes after the fire ????

  • @Kuziai
    @Kuziai 7 місяців тому +67

    High prices, fires will push peasants outside Hawaii so I the rich folk can live. Thank you for voting

    • @johnwilliams3555
      @johnwilliams3555 7 місяців тому +1

      Any news on Lahaina?

    • @Kuziai
      @Kuziai 7 місяців тому +1

      @@johnwilliams3555 everyone forgot lahaina. Now we can start buying land

    • @johnwilliams3555
      @johnwilliams3555 7 місяців тому

      @@Kuziai Are people selling or will they re-build?

    • @kanakamokunui1039
      @kanakamokunui1039 7 місяців тому +1

      Native Hawaiians just waiting for the next disaster to stop further development

    • @scratthesquirrel5242
      @scratthesquirrel5242 6 місяців тому

      very coincidental fire

  • @caseygroves3046
    @caseygroves3046 7 місяців тому +67

    I knew this video would be legit when I heard the marimbas at the beginning.

    • @pearpo
      @pearpo 7 місяців тому +3

      lol

    • @EternallyGod
      @EternallyGod 7 місяців тому +1

      They sold the land, but now after getting money from the land they want it back to sell again.

    • @Satwamassive
      @Satwamassive 7 місяців тому +2

      Agreed.....marimbas are a very serious sound that conveys extreme levels of seriousness.

  • @Karnage007
    @Karnage007 7 місяців тому +10

    Ironic that the fire didn't burn any millionaires homes.

  • @seashellmac1968
    @seashellmac1968 7 місяців тому +6

    PS Zuckerbucks is building a HUGE bunker below ground.. why???? ummmm does he know something most of us don't?

  • @mopthermopther
    @mopthermopther 7 місяців тому +206

    The locals are being
    pushed into the sea.

  • @k2a1991
    @k2a1991 7 місяців тому +7

    As long as those uber rich buy islands, i as a Dutch person don't worry about rising sea levels.

  • @mondoenterprises6710
    @mondoenterprises6710 7 місяців тому +6

    Bring back the Eisenhower era tax rates on the 1%, 50% tax rate and rebuild the country for the sake of the country.

    • @Tigertame4
      @Tigertame4 6 місяців тому

      That does not work as England discovered, their one percent left.

  • @e.gadd.1
    @e.gadd.1 7 місяців тому +15

    Its gratifying to know the choicest of pristene lands are reserved to be enjoyed exclusively by the richest among us.
    And now... back to the mines

  • @shuttlecommander
    @shuttlecommander 7 місяців тому +5

    makes me kinda wonder if the hawaii fires were intentional.

    • @richardb8104
      @richardb8104 7 місяців тому +2

      There is a great video out there showing how the fires spread, and how strange it is how the heat doesn't expand like normal fires to damage nearby buildings. They seem to imply it could have been something else, like energy weapons.

    • @fargoth391
      @fargoth391 7 місяців тому

      @@richardb8104 Exactly, a lot of people don't know this, but there is actually a reptilian alien mothership in the orbit of Earth; and it was last seen over Hawaii. There are countless videos of grey aliens firing beams of lightning at properties and instantly setting them on fire. Why isn't the media talking about this??

    • @Tigertame4
      @Tigertame4 6 місяців тому +1

      likely they were

    • @questioneverything9535
      @questioneverything9535 5 місяців тому

      ​@@Tigertame4kind of like a military exercise that was not just an exercise

  • @grafando
    @grafando 6 місяців тому +3

    This is happening across the entire country, just at a slower rate. Federally, something needs to be done to stop this.

  • @privatepilot4064
    @privatepilot4064 7 місяців тому +5

    So that’s what the Maui “wildfire” was all about?

  • @madilinkenmeyer
    @madilinkenmeyer 7 місяців тому +55

    This was very informative. Can you do something similar for farmland? Billionaires and millionaires buying it up and the "middle class" renting it.

    • @cd3949
      @cd3949 7 місяців тому

      This is the way forward, unfortunately. Feudalism 2.0. You will own nothing and be happy.

    • @2011blueman
      @2011blueman 7 місяців тому +2

      Farmland is slightly different because farming is a classic economies of scale situation were small family farms can simply no longer compete. You either grow into a large farming operation or your farm dies off and is bought by one of those large farming operations.

    • @ItsNotMeItsYou007
      @ItsNotMeItsYou007 7 місяців тому +1

      @@2011blueman Yet there are people making a living on a couple of acres.

  • @mv2873
    @mv2873 6 місяців тому +2

    they are probably relocating because here in the states it will probably be a sh$tshow

  • @clintstuckey
    @clintstuckey 7 місяців тому +20

    It has been the land for the rich for such a long time, not just high earners who work a high paying job, but the rich that have won the game and live off their wealth, so expensive to even just visit.

    • @k.e.becquer4681
      @k.e.becquer4681 7 місяців тому

      They usually "have won the game" by exploiting others, think Jeff Bezos.

  • @h4n4219
    @h4n4219 7 місяців тому +21

    Is the narrator for this video AI generated? I’m getting some uncanny valley from the video.

    • @PurpleProjects
      @PurpleProjects 7 місяців тому +2

      Yeah probably ai, no breathing and same tone

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 7 місяців тому +3

      It's because she is barely moving her lips. Most CGI characters are obvious because of their poor lip movement.

    • @Provocateur193
      @Provocateur193 7 місяців тому +3

      Yes it does look and sound a bit AI.

    • @nancyneyedly4587
      @nancyneyedly4587 7 місяців тому +2

      Her name is Phoebe Liu, reporter, real person.

    • @selectionn
      @selectionn 7 місяців тому +2

      @@nancyneyedly4587 weird how they chose complete dogshit for recording the audio considering they are a massive corporation. sounds like garbage and the reporter has zero emotion.

  • @zachariusziegler
    @zachariusziegler 7 місяців тому +10

    The continuous music makes it too difficult to listen to the narrator.

    • @thewhitewizard1320
      @thewhitewizard1320 6 місяців тому +1

      Maddening ! Happens everywhere unfortunately ....

  • @KingStix
    @KingStix 7 місяців тому +4

    cattle on an island what a great use of space

  • @inboxnews
    @inboxnews 7 місяців тому +76

    You will eat bugs, own nothing, and be happy.
    ~Suckerbug

    • @tuckerbugeater
      @tuckerbugeater 7 місяців тому

      @@redmoondesignbeth9119 Zuckerberg is mapping every cell in the human body. What have you ingrates done lately?

    • @unggoy8564
      @unggoy8564 7 місяців тому +6

      Klaus S.

    • @raclark2730
      @raclark2730 7 місяців тому +2

      Yeah that's the bond villian Euro trash one. He better not start that though, now we know about his little ranch.

    • @2e1udnq
      @2e1udnq 7 місяців тому +1

      People complain about capitalism and then continue to support it.

    • @god6384
      @god6384 7 місяців тому +2

      suckerberg also wants to know what you eat at dinner. So post it now!!!

  • @danielcarter491
    @danielcarter491 7 місяців тому +6

    Case in point, the Island of Bermuda. The rich own that Island as well. There are not many hotels in Bermuda for that reason and not much for a tourist to see or do there. It's only good as a stop over for cruise ships.

  • @luciavasile2895
    @luciavasile2895 7 місяців тому +5

    Omg..no wonder the rents went up sky😢😢😢. So sad , we must suffer, no matter what?😢😢😢. Profits over simple hard workers like me and so many more kamai'na😢😢😢

  • @369ZIR
    @369ZIR Місяць тому +2

    I’m from Papua New Guinea. I’m lucky us, the natives own 97% of our lands. Government and others own the rest.
    This is the same land my ancestors walked on, lived on and are buried on.
    I can’t imagine the pain of losing that!
    I feel so sorry for the indigenous people of Hawaii. ❤

  • @christovitchjames5612
    @christovitchjames5612 7 місяців тому +23

    If only there was a way for them to clear up the existing real estate in a very short time period.
    But who knows?
    🔥

  • @thomassadler2071
    @thomassadler2071 7 місяців тому +6

    Eat the rich is really starting to sound more and more appealing.

  • @joseh3564
    @joseh3564 7 місяців тому +3

    Why not? They already bought the majority of politicians.

  • @stankwho
    @stankwho 7 місяців тому +120

    Theyre building Elysium to shelter themselves from the AI and robot apocalypse.

  • @taiyoctopus2958
    @taiyoctopus2958 7 місяців тому +4

    idk why voters in hawaii elect ppl into state positions who continually allow this to happen. This has been an ongoing problem for years, and not just billionares, just people with wealth in general who can afford vacation homes or properties with intent to make it a profitable air bnb, they push out the average working class Hawai'i resident & the native Hawaiian people.

  • @pamelawing5747
    @pamelawing5747 7 місяців тому +3

    Right no Hawaii is hurting so a great opportunity for the Vultures to swoop. There is a housing shortage for local people,.

  • @greggreg2263
    @greggreg2263 7 місяців тому +4

    What do they know that we don’t know why are they buying up all these islands ?

    • @yaimavol
      @yaimavol 6 місяців тому +3

      Zucks building a huge bunker on his land

  • @smokeyangelav
    @smokeyangelav 7 місяців тому +2

    This is not unique to Hawaii. It's happening everywhere there's a vacation destination.

  • @TheFiown
    @TheFiown 7 місяців тому +5

    And the fire was an accident, yup !

  • @TTOS69
    @TTOS69 7 місяців тому +24

    Everyone of these videos the presenter sounds and looks like AI

  • @First1ToComment
    @First1ToComment 7 місяців тому +95

    At least they didn't use that reporter who was blasted and partying the night before ! 😂

    • @ForzaMilan-07
      @ForzaMilan-07 7 місяців тому +5

      Which video was that?

    • @RubzNotNice
      @RubzNotNice 7 місяців тому +9

      @@ForzaMilan-07 this one lol - i feel like this is going to become a common comparison (of whoever is narrating) on all the Forbes videos going forward LOL
      ua-cam.com/video/Edu6hFqpWbg/v-deo.htmlsi=RfHvgW4_efL1kvUA

    • @cococornhuskyy
      @cococornhuskyy 7 місяців тому +7

      it sounds like she's reading this for the first time...

  • @BongRipBing
    @BongRipBing 7 місяців тому +7

    100% tax on billionaires. 1 billion is enough money for a single person.

    • @ItsNotMeItsYou007
      @ItsNotMeItsYou007 7 місяців тому

      Governments just steal and waste it.
      No income tax. Just land tax. Evens out for regular people but it would make it less desirable as an investment which would make it cheaper so less tax.
      Makes working worth it and investing in land, not so much.

  • @dajosee
    @dajosee 7 місяців тому +3

    In order for people to buy land, it takes others to sell it . Stop selling it.

  • @kilburn1313
    @kilburn1313 7 місяців тому +2

    Some of those prices for many acres of land just do not seem enough to me, I am sure true Hawaiian's feel the same

    • @paanne1013
      @paanne1013 6 місяців тому +1

      It may be that because they are buying 100 plus acres, it just works out to a lower per acre price, but you can't just buy an acre or two of the land they are buying up.

  • @Bwmblairdoc
    @Bwmblairdoc 7 місяців тому +58

    When Hawaiians complain that they are being priced out of the market , what they fail to recognize is that the same is happening to every other coastal community in America. I live in a beach town on the east coast and my house is 3x higher than when I bought it 7 years ago (due to rich NYC people buying away from the city). If I was 20 years younger trying to buy a first home I would just have to work 3x harder and smarter to make enough $.

    • @wthomas5697
      @wthomas5697 7 місяців тому +20

      However, the legitimate gripe Hawaiians have is that this system of land ownership was imposed upon them by foreigners. Unless, of course, you happen to be a native American.

    • @ridemfast7625
      @ridemfast7625 7 місяців тому

      @@wthomas5697 Yeah, Captain Cook sucks.

    • @hyphydan
      @hyphydan 7 місяців тому +2

      Asian immigrants keep flooding in.🧧🧧🐉🐉

    • @indigenoushawaiian_kanaka
      @indigenoushawaiian_kanaka 7 місяців тому +12

      ...hawaiians complaining??? ...as in who??? The caucasians, japanese, filipinos, blacks, mexicans and OTHER races that move to my native lands, get a driver's license or I.D. and call themselves "hawaiians" OR are you referring to us Kanaka Maoli, the indigenous people of the hawaiian islands, those like myself whose Queen was imprisoned, whose country was STOLEN by the United States because they wanted a strategic military base (Pearl Harbor) in the middle of the Pacific? Whose lands were stolen because caucasians and asians wanted their "Private" Hawaiian Paradise??? And whose people was FORCED to call themselves "Americans???" Which ones are you talking about???? Coz the more of yall move here, the more yall make it super expensive for us indigenous to live and we become homeless, which MANY of my people are...we effectively are strangers in our own lands...so, which "Hawaiians" are you talking about???

    • @Puna_G
      @Puna_G 7 місяців тому +3

      Typical foreigner response. SMH

  • @snicklefritzed
    @snicklefritzed 7 місяців тому +3

    Mars property isn't even for sale yet and these guys already own a %

  • @unkopower7899
    @unkopower7899 7 місяців тому +7

    gotta start making man made islands for the locals to live. the workers that serve the rich will need somewhere to live.

  • @gambeeno817
    @gambeeno817 7 місяців тому +15

    I cant tell if the voice over is A.I

    • @bob15479
      @bob15479 7 місяців тому +4

      Her performance here is mind-numbing. Very poor. I'm sure she can improve though.

    • @matthews1256
      @matthews1256 7 місяців тому +2

      AI would do better

    • @joshatkinson1945
      @joshatkinson1945 7 місяців тому +1

      It’s so awful

    • @suspiciouswatermelon7639
      @suspiciouswatermelon7639 7 місяців тому

      That's the way Asians talk.

  • @Mallorca1005
    @Mallorca1005 7 місяців тому +5

    Same thing is happening in Puerto Rico. Housing prices have skyrocketed since 2017 after hurricane Maria.

  • @jasminerosewater3891
    @jasminerosewater3891 7 місяців тому +3

    disgusting, I hate the ruling class

  • @StewieGriffin505
    @StewieGriffin505 7 місяців тому +4

    Why is Orca Winfrey in Hawaii?

  • @bodhitkunwar2731
    @bodhitkunwar2731 7 місяців тому +9

    People don't even realize this is an AI video

    • @VinyZikss
      @VinyZikss 7 місяців тому +1

      Lol it isn't

  • @barbaracameron5610
    @barbaracameron5610 7 місяців тому +5

    Please..this is native Hawaiian homeland.put land in trust to natives

    • @gregcarter8656
      @gregcarter8656 6 місяців тому

      That was already done in 1920, over 100 years ago. See the Hawaiian Homes Commission Act.

  • @craigpennington1251
    @craigpennington1251 6 місяців тому +2

    What a fabulous & true video. Best of wishes to you, Phoebe Liu.

  • @kianlee3138
    @kianlee3138 7 місяців тому +41

    This is their road to escape from law enforcement for any behind the scenes stuff

  • @Terrathrax
    @Terrathrax 7 місяців тому +2

    This is exactly the reason that the uber-wealthy should be much more heavily taxed.
    Otherwise, this should quite simply not be allowed to happen. Thanks to weak laws and weak leaders, it will continue.

    • @Tigertame4
      @Tigertame4 6 місяців тому

      They won't be taxed, the politicians get pay offs to NOT tax them.

  • @j.cobbin4638
    @j.cobbin4638 7 місяців тому +8

    Insightful. Thank you.

  • @Mike-01234
    @Mike-01234 6 місяців тому +1

    Not just there look at the prices of homes in southern California. I grew up 7 miles from the beach homes were priced in the 1970's at 16-37k for a SFH. Now that same home I grew up in is worth 1.8M. The friends I knew there every home that sells from the original owner the new owner is a doctor, attorney, or business owner. He said you can tell by the car backs out of the garage before it was a Toyota, and now it's a Range Rover, or other 150k plus car.

  • @TheOne1One1One1One
    @TheOne1One1One1One 7 місяців тому +20

    Can Forbes do a video without constantly showing the face of the narrator?

    • @yivmaiden
      @yivmaiden 7 місяців тому +6

      I think she's an AI. There's the uncanny Valley vibes about the narrator.

    • @darkchocolate4595
      @darkchocolate4595 7 місяців тому +2

      Yesss if the don’t give certain vibe or strong personality and passion don’t bother

    • @TreDogOfficial
      @TreDogOfficial 7 місяців тому

      @@yivmaidenword up!😂

    • @Fatman305
      @Fatman305 7 місяців тому +1

      Narrator is damn gorgeous

    • @02nupe
      @02nupe 7 місяців тому +2

      Why do you have a problem with narrator being shown, that’s literally nothing to complain about

  • @MsSmartmonkeee
    @MsSmartmonkeee 6 місяців тому +2

    Weird that you missed out on the founder of Salesforce purchasing large tracts of land around the Hawaiian Homesteads in Waimea on Big Island. Is he a buddy of yours?

  • @ninja.saywhat
    @ninja.saywhat 7 місяців тому +4

    was the host doing asmr? i thought i was hearing whispers.

  • @TerriHartegan
    @TerriHartegan 7 місяців тому +1

    Hope the locals can buy the land back if not it will only become a playground for the 1 percent !

  • @UDONTCME111
    @UDONTCME111 7 місяців тому +4

    Fobes does good reporting now?!?!?!? How’d this happen. 😮

  • @TRUTHRULES777
    @TRUTHRULES777 6 місяців тому +1

    Thank you Forbes!

  • @vooteimer1234
    @vooteimer1234 7 місяців тому +54

    Keep some distance. It'll be important in the future that they're untouchable. 🔦

    • @petrektek1385
      @petrektek1385 7 місяців тому

      ​@@boyblue3270can't you see it? There will be a revolution against the power. They want to cancel us, they are already trying to replace us with AI and robots. The only way it'll fight for our rights.

  • @AskAlice112
    @AskAlice112 7 місяців тому +1

    Tax exempt if it has anything to do with Gainable Development, It's a global perk.

  • @brentsmelser
    @brentsmelser 7 місяців тому +17

    You need to start voting differently to bring the change you want. Ask your representatives to make policy change so that these large land sales don’t happen.

    • @remoir6273
      @remoir6273 7 місяців тому +5

      ​@@Liviticus so vote for the most pro billionaire party? Lmao

    • @someonenotnoone
      @someonenotnoone 7 місяців тому

      ​@@Liviticus"Expecting Republican policies to help average people" is one entry

    • @personalemail9329
      @personalemail9329 7 місяців тому

      ​@@someonenotnoonegiven the failure of out of touch Democrats just like they do in Cali, that does sound like a better option. Atleast Cali Hipsters can run away to settle in Texas.

  • @kitbram2033
    @kitbram2033 7 місяців тому +2

    Most people have to file permits to build. Available for public inspection.

    • @ItsNotMeItsYou007
      @ItsNotMeItsYou007 7 місяців тому

      Some "people" are corporations or trusts.

    • @Tigertame4
      @Tigertame4 6 місяців тому

      they use shell companies to buy to sheild themselves

  • @James-mk8jp
    @James-mk8jp 7 місяців тому +11

    Why are people selling the land to them

    • @ISnip3rJoeI
      @ISnip3rJoeI 7 місяців тому +13

      Because people like having money. Imagine that

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 7 місяців тому

      Same reason that millions of Californians sold their home to communist Chinese: CASH.

    • @DCTag
      @DCTag 7 місяців тому +1

      Are you that daft?

    • @davidb2206
      @davidb2206 7 місяців тому

      Same as the millions of homes sold in California to communist Chinese. Cash.

    • @James-mk8jp
      @James-mk8jp 7 місяців тому +1

      @@DCTag Are you? The comment was clearly rhetorical. Obviously they want money. Can't have your cake and eat it too.

  • @KimSmith-b9v
    @KimSmith-b9v 7 місяців тому +1

    Well done, Forbes!

  • @FrankGallagherr
    @FrankGallagherr 7 місяців тому +7

    $200 billion to Ukraine and $700 dollars for Maui people that’s your president America

  • @A1GA56N
    @A1GA56N 7 місяців тому +2

    The asian lady reading is not very good at it. Feels like a middle school presentation.

  • @MaryTongx
    @MaryTongx 7 місяців тому +3

    I had initially planned to retire at 62, work part-time, and save money, but the impact of high prices on various goods and services has significantly disrupted my retirement plan. I'm worried about whether those who experienced the 2008 financial crisis had it easier than I currently am. The volatility of the stock market is a concern as my income has decreased, and I fear that I won't be able to contribute as much as before, potentially jeopardizing my retirement savings.

    • @BaldMancTwat
      @BaldMancTwat 7 місяців тому

      Bots. Ignore.

    • @gregh7457
      @gregh7457 7 місяців тому

      @@BaldMancTwatNO, the first post that they put with the name of their advisor you hit the report button and after enough people report their spam google deletes their spamming account. So do eveyone a favor and report them. It won't get rid of them completely but it wastes their time making new accounts

  • @learningearning8385
    @learningearning8385 7 місяців тому +1

    I had fortune/Forbes/Robb report subscription since high school 1997. These billionaires have been living in Hawaii since then. Wouldn’t you?

  • @indigenoushawaiian_kanaka
    @indigenoushawaiian_kanaka 7 місяців тому +4

    Im Kanaka Maoli..I am indigenous to MY homeland islands. We were a recognized country, but the United States stole us for the sake of a strategic military base called "Pearl Harbor." Now, we are governed by the Democrats and have been that way since statehood. The rich have been taking land from us for years and the Democrats ALLOW it. Just saying, this is first hand knowledge from an actual native hawaiian who seen as and lived as, as they described us back in the day a "savage"...now our people are mostly homeless, jobless and our lands are taken away all because the rich, wealthy and yea (mostly caucasians from California, New York and Washington State) want their piece of Paradise in my Homeland no matter the cost and the Democrat controlled State of Hawai'i allows this because they get perks and monies donated to their campaigns from these people...but this is just from a57 year old brown skin person's view....

    • @MH-ee9ip
      @MH-ee9ip 7 місяців тому +1

      Your opinion matters. It is SO CORRUPT. I keep getting shadowbanned from posting my opinions on here.

    • @paanne1013
      @paanne1013 6 місяців тому

      Some of us Ha`ole's know the truth. As for the political stuff, it happens in every state with the campaign $$.

  • @olyokie
    @olyokie 6 місяців тому +1

    France dealt with their royals problem quite efficiently in 1789.
    We can still learn from history….

  • @gillesvueghs
    @gillesvueghs 7 місяців тому +6

    You should work on your voice tone! It sounds like you can burst into tears at any moment.

  • @Cucumberflavoredmustard
    @Cucumberflavoredmustard 7 місяців тому +1

    Unless the land is being actively cultivated, logged, ranched, or mined, huge property holdings should not be allowed. If someone wants to own hundreds of acres just to own it, that land (outside of say 50 acres around the house) should be open to public recreation and provide gates in any fencing.

    • @chudcel99
      @chudcel99 7 місяців тому +2

      that is the dumbest thing ive ever heard

    • @Cucumberflavoredmustard
      @Cucumberflavoredmustard 7 місяців тому +1

      @@chudcel99 Says the person with no punctuation. Explain why you think it is dumb. I'll humor you. I've got some time...

    • @covfefe1787
      @covfefe1787 7 місяців тому

      if you have the resources to acquire the land and have use for it then yes. otherwise public land should not exist because public land is actually government land.

  • @rothputh6537
    @rothputh6537 7 місяців тому +4

    feel bad for native hawaiian being forced out of their own land

    • @joshuabuchanan1141
      @joshuabuchanan1141 7 місяців тому +1

      It's absolutely unacceptable

    • @gregcarter8656
      @gregcarter8656 6 місяців тому +1

      The largest private landowner in Hawaii is the Kamehameha Schools, which serves racial Hawaiians ONLY. They have over 300,000 acres of land. Their assets are worth over 15 BILLION USD. No need to "feel bad" for the racial Hawaiians. And, if they are at least 50% racial Hawaiian by ancestry, they can lease one acre for $1 per year, for up to 99 years. That's essentially free rent for life. And it's for racial Hawaiians ONLY. Forced out? No.

  • @greglight3745
    @greglight3745 7 місяців тому +2

    You missed the Big Island . And maybe Bezos on Maui doesn’t count since it’s just a compound?

  • @rodmbs
    @rodmbs 7 місяців тому +7

    Is this voice AI generated?

  • @robindavid9640
    @robindavid9640 6 місяців тому +1

    Wait till China claims Hawaii for its own. They do have that tract record of claiming Islands that suits their interest.

  • @linesided
    @linesided 7 місяців тому +3

    Well, sheesh, why did Hawaii sell in the first place? Please remind me. I just can't understand why locals have not joined up and used their own purchasing power. When Hawaii was sold in the first place, some money must have changed hands. Hawaii would do well to start a State Fund and put some of the money from tourism into it for affordable housing, local business development, agriculture and so much more. The problem is, and sorry to say, but most locals don't seem to give 2 poops about their own cause and future beyond being angry about it.

    • @gregh7457
      @gregh7457 7 місяців тому

      they are too busy buying illegal chinese fireworks and buying $40k tacoma's. You're right, its all talk. they just love to whine

    • @paanne1013
      @paanne1013 6 місяців тому +1

      Hawaii was stolen in the first place and it seems to be happening again. Most Locals work 2 or 3 jobs (part time jobs plus full time) to keep their heads above water AND they never leave home, the family just gets bigger and bigger in the same home.

  • @hannahmondry4678
    @hannahmondry4678 6 місяців тому +1

    There is a very simple solution, and it's called: legislation.

  • @KobeBBryant
    @KobeBBryant 7 місяців тому +3

    We know this has been happening. When y’all wanna hold these officials accountable for burning Maui and intentionally not sounding the alarms. Disgusting big brother USA

  • @codyschlenker6821
    @codyschlenker6821 7 місяців тому +3

    They should not be allowed to buy more than 10 acres.

    • @chudcel99
      @chudcel99 7 місяців тому +1

      great idea! we should arbitraraly limit other things too. no more than ten slices of bread a month!!!

    • @UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNA
      @UCiWrMgES50tlUhV3l6NqjNA 7 місяців тому

      @@chudcel99 what does that have anything to do with land? food is food, land is way more valuable and important than food.

  • @vikramganasen
    @vikramganasen 7 місяців тому +5

    This is literally colonialism.

  • @courtneyko1466
    @courtneyko1466 3 місяці тому

    Interesting they mention the people's fund. Would love proof that actually went to residents who were displaced..

  • @Dibo-z5l
    @Dibo-z5l 7 місяців тому +4

    how about the people who sold those lands?

    • @kabak1234
      @kabak1234 7 місяців тому

      or the people who have deep ties to it who will never have any hope to live on their homeland. so they're forced to move to work in big cities. and we all know you love those big cities right?

  • @pz3112
    @pz3112 6 місяців тому

    It USED to be ILLEGAL for non-natives in Hawaii to buy land. When did that change??