I say let them go.. If it is really what they want then ok.. Also, if Ohio or Texas, or better yet California want to go that is ok as well. The results would be pretty interesting... Without the fake safety net created and controlled by the feds they will have to make their own choices. Some of the new nation states would do a pretty good job. ( I am thinking of Texas ) Other new nation states would quickly collapse under the weight of their own bad choices. ( I am thinking of California ) .. People could then see that bad choices have real consequences..

That reminds me. Did we apologize to the British yet for The Declaration of Independence? It seems to me this administration is having trouble performing basic tasks. Hawaii is a blue state so I guess as long as we can vacation there, who cares?

Its a good question - had we not absorbed Hawaii into our vast and expanding empire as a refueling stop on our conquest of the Western Pacific in the 1890s, they would likely have become a Japanese colony, and a refueling stop for their attempts at a vast and expanding empire in the Eastern Pacific some 50 years later...

The state of Hawaii is one of the most enslaved to looters in the nation.

Ah sweet Mililani Trask...I'm so glad our tax dollars are used to have her teach at our schools, she is always such a bundle of joy and open to all cultures. (End sarcasm)
Those meetings really brought out a lot of passion, but what I say when talking to a Hawaiian rights person is to get over your ethnocentric bias and look at the 1840 constitution. The beginning clearly states all mankind is of one blood.
So would I support a vote for independence? Sure, but it's very unlikely, the federal government is so entrenched and weaved into the fabric of this state.
I got a tee time shortly so I'm off to play the south course at Mauna Lani. It's a beautiful day, have fun! Aloha