This was the crux of a debate that I had with friends. Let's say if the state needed to buy 50 office chairs. The price locally is $200 per chair at Fisher Hawaii, but the same model is available on Amazon for $160. I know that the state has an allowance where if the local price is no more than 10% higher then they may buy local. In this case, the difference is 25% higher. What should the state's "obligation" be? Buy at the cheapest price possible to stretch tax dollars or buy local and help the economy despite it costing more?
I said buy cheapest, but the small business friend said to buy local. Is this a tough decision or not really? What should the threshold be?
I said buy cheapest, but the small business friend said to buy local. Is this a tough decision or not really? What should the threshold be?
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