WHAT NEXT FOR THE CBI CARIBBEAN, NOW THAT THE MUSIC'S OVER?

As the song my generation listened to goes, "When's the Music's Over, Turn Out the Lights." Since the golden goose cash cow that is the Citizenship by Investment (CBI or CIP) scheme that five Eastern Caribbean states have been operating will, under EU orders, cease to exist in two years, all that "easy money" they have been using to fund their bloated, dysfunctional economies will screech to a halt, forcing their leaders to actually work at developing jobs, and creating a true middle class.

Whether they succeed may depend upon if they can unseat their sitting Labour party leaders, all fat & happy with the Proceeds of Crime, gained through their participation in rogue CBI programs infected with money laundering, fraud and corruption, is another story, for many have been routinely reelected, time and again, using CBI money to buy elections. I leave them to their fate, as they have been repeatedly warned that their leaders were not advancing their economies, and just bribing their way into staying in office. Whether they indict them, however, for betraying their constituents I have my doubts, but time will tell.

Will Europe, and to a lesser extent, a critical United States government angry over their love affair with autocratic China, replace the East Money with loans and grants? We fear not, to the extent necessary to retain jobs and necessary imports, and therefore ask whither a Caribbean about to have zero income can survive. Watch this space, as we cover unfolding developments, in the runup to 2028, when it all grinds to a stop with the CBI merry-go-round.