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I-O-U
With the economy hanging by a thread, everyone is trying to make ends meet. You don’t even own your salary. By the time it hits your bank account, it belongs to people you owe. You owe CUC, CHC, grandma, and even your next door neighbor. So it’s I OWE YOU or I-O-U paydays. Does living paycheck to paycheck worth living for? You see yourself spending more than what you actually earned. You are so depressed that you are sick and tired of being sick and tired.
As a people, we must adjust to our lifestyle. That means letting go of so many things to fit your budget and lifestyle. Remember how you used to get five to seven slices from a can of Spam? Now you cut them so thin it looks like bologna so it’s enough to go around. Or how you add water to your bottle of soy sauce because it’s running low. Sound funny? Do we have to go as far as marking paper tissue so we could limit what we use?
You’re not alone as everyone, including me, is damned by how things are going. Stay optimistic as this election is the most exciting, interesting, bone-crushing election ever. If we all don’t vote for the right people in then we just have to blame ourselves. It’s not the governor’s or a lawmaker’s fault. It’s our fault collectively as we are voters of what is to become. I’m for change this election. Are you? Stand strong. Be strong, because you are strong. We are living in the test of times and united we can make this dream a reality. I’m Vince Cabrera and I approve this message!
Vince G. Cabrera
Chalan Piao, Saipan
