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TACDERAN: “My parents received a check for $700, which was a slap in the face. This $700 was given by the government, and I feel like it’s not enough. Living in Hawaii, you spend groceries -- you know, everything is so expensive. Groceries can be as much as $700 just for one grocery run. And it’s not enough. And right now, the Maui community is helping the Maui community. And I really — it’s really affecting me because where’s the president? He decides to come here -- this week to come here next week. I mean, like, where — aren’t we Americans, too? Like, we’re part of the United States. Why are we getting put in the back pocket? Why are we being ignored? And I feel like these families need aid right away, and they’re being turned away because the applications haven’t been approved or pending. And like — and the only way they’ll be able to get aid or help is if they sign up through FEMA where lot of these families are elderly who are computer illiterate. They don’t know how to do it or what to do. Right now, the only help were getting —“