When is St. Martin going to amend its Organic Law to suit our specific circumstance's? Why should we have to support and pay out money to people who have no jobs and who contribute nothing to the community, people who only come here for the social benefits they receive from the French state? And once having received this money, it is sent back to their country of origin?
If France wants to pay them for living in St. Martin then the State should pay them while the Collectivity pays the natives. How long can continue having the responsiblity of paying these people who arrive in droves year after year without having the competence to decide who can collect and who can't?
This is a burden that St. Martin can no longer carry. France is setting the Collectivity up to fail. The state wants to be able to step in and say that we are incapable of handling our own affairs. They have wanted to do that for several decades now, ever since they realized the treasure chest they have in St. Martin.
They cannot do so in St. Barths, because that is a whole different setup. They are one people, to start with, and they know what they want. St. Martin has never been one in that way, two nationalities have always had its effect on us, whether we like to admit it or not. We may have relatives on both sides, and I for one consider the island as one, since a hurricane or earthquake will not hit one side and not the other, but where we stand right now, we are definitely divided.
This story might sound trivial, but demonstrates a profound truth about the French state. For the upcoming World Cup France has no referee qualified to take part. However French Polynesia does, and because it is a Collectivity under article 74 (and because it has amended its Organic Law at least 16 times), it does have one such referee who can participate in the World Cup as a French Polynesian and not simply be swallowed up the name of France.
When are we going to emulate what is worth emulating?
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