St. Maarten Private Eye

I'm no financial expert, but I've seen this movie before. It was called Aruba. everyone likes to talk about SXM obtaining it new status etc etc. All fine , I voted for that as well. But nobody seems to be wondering how exactly are we going to pay for it. I did, and I've been preparing for this. This time it's the turn-over-tax, there will be more taxes to come. Aruba went through the same thing when it achieved its seperate status. It has to be paid for. Are there other creative ways? I have no clue, I'm not an economist. But this is probably the quickest route government could find to meet it's financial expectations. We can quabble all day, shoulda this or coulda that. But this is where we're at. And as we move closer to seperate status, the people of SXM better get ready to tighten their belts for real. It's a reality of the situation we voted for. Not so much of a government not being "creative"....My 10 cents.