PHILIPSBURG:--- “St. Maarten is not Bonaire, it won’t be as easy as you think,” says Independent Member of Parliament Christophe Emmanuel in reaction to an article published by The Daily Herald last week in which CFT Chairman Raymond Gradus made references to increasing taxes on St. Maarten. In that article, Gradus is quoted as saying: “I think that more taxes should be levied in St. Maarten, and not less. The tax burden is low in St. Maarten, while the expenditure level is rather high. The Dutch government is now providing liquidity support. However, that is not forever. We are calling for an increase in taxes in St. Maarten and a reduction of expenditures.” Gradus also said: “Property tax is an efficient tax which is easy to levy, much more so than taxes on capital.