Isn't this money tax payer money from the country of The Netherlands? I don't believe Sint Maarten pays any money out into the Kingdom of the Netherlands, right? If this is all Netherlands Tax Payer money, don't they have a right to impose some conditions? I understand Sint Maarten does not have to agree and they can negotiate, but the tax payers need to have some level of assurance money is just not going to the island to disappear.