St.maarten– “Sadly, often people’s lives are reduced to mere statistics, and the human aspects of these statistics are not taken into account. Often there are lots of pain, frustration, anger and pure desperation hiding behind these statistics, United People’s party faction leader Franklin Meyers stated in a press release. “When we are talking about ‘the numbers are down’ in reference to cruise ship arrivals, passenger and crew spending, stay-over tourists and time share sales, we tend to forget the human tragedy that is unfolding behind these numbers.”
This means an increase in costs followed by a huge reduction in your income, while expenditures like mortgages, rent, Gebe, food, clothing and school fees still have to be paid, Meyers noted, adding that the same goes for (small) business owners that often don’t have a large profit margins, and are feeling the direct hit of the decreasing numbers.
MP Franklin Meyers: “Sadly, often people’s lives are reduced to statistics”
