There are 200+ bars in Sosua and probably 80% if not more, are not legal. And it's that 80% that are making it difficult for the others to survive. When you pay Sales Tax, Income Tax, Social Security for employees and I can go on, and your competition doesn't even pay electricity most of the time, much less taxes, guess what? These people can undersell you and make it very difficult for you to survive, plus they are not contributing to the development of the Country. I think we all have the obligation to give something back. After all we are making a living here. I don't have a problem with Dominican owned (Small) businesses getting away with this (Their customers are mostly Dominicans anyway and don't have that extra money) but others should be required to conform. As for your horse rentals, I can't make any helpful suggestions but hope things work out for you.
