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1<\/span> With five days until the parliamentary elections and the second round of presidential elections, it seems irrelevant to me to analyse who said what at the rallies, how candidates behaved during the campaign and their responses in the pre-election duels. I have a feeling that by now everyone has decided who they\u2019re going to vote for and whether they\u2019re going to vote at all.<\/p>\n

The only thing I want to know is who\u2019ll pay for all of this? One way or another we got almost two whole non-working weeks due to bridging state holidays, religious holidays, a non-working Wednesday for elections, and on top of that, this year they decided to introduce a spring break as a reform in education, and people will take additional days off from this or last year\u2019s holiday allowances\u2026 Where will find the money?<\/p>\n

2<\/span> I hear SDSM is planning to increase salaries. VMRO-DPMNE is planning to increase pensions. They\u2019re still tossing around figures. And the gross domestic product will grow. They say it will grow a lot. Let them tell us which tree money grows on so we can all go and pick it. If we didn\u2019t know who we were dealing with, we might think that these guys deserve our wholehearted vote. But we do know them. All these political figures we see making promises at their rallies don\u2019t have a good history of spending taxpayers\u2019 money responsibly. Many of them don\u2019t even know what it means to earn that money. Plus, even if they promise to steal less, one of us will still have to earn their share as well.<\/p>\n

Asking the question \u201cWhere will we find the money?\u201d is perfectly normal in the world of adults. Especially in a country where parties cultivate clientelism and, in the upcoming elections, strive to appease the voters they\u2019ve overhired within the state administration. No one even knows how many there are \u2013 some of them are part time, others full-time, some work for a salary, others for a one-time fee, some without contracts, just keeping seats warm in case another party comes to power and someone else takes their seat, with made-up positions like \u201cAssistant Referral Officer\u201d\u2026 They\u2019re plotting something even with the unions, with everyone who\u2019s on a state payroll. Their salaries are set to increase, while we, who must earn both our own and their salary, should be happy if they don\u2019t get our name wrong on the birth certificate.<\/p>\n

Who will generate the growth in the gross domestic product that they\u2019re promising? The administration? With all the mistakes they make that always go unnoticed? Or by not going to work?<\/p>\n

3<\/span> It\u2019s not like I don\u2019t know the answer to the question who\u2019ll pay for all of this. We, the taxpayers, will. However, has anyone stopped to consider whether we can actually do it? How long can we keep doing it? Even that administration won\u2019t have anything to live on if there\u2019s no one to earn their salaries. It\u2019s not just the current salary we have to earn but also the future increased salary, the future increased pension, the paid days when the administration doesn\u2019t go to work, the bridged holidays, private business have to pay off the state\u2019s debts and to invest to increase profitability, all to achieve the growth envisioned of the politicians.<\/p>\n

That idea still hasn\u2019t crossed the minds of our party elites. To be honest, it hasn\u2019t crossed the minds of the majority of voters. That\u2019s why promises that can\u2019t be kept are repeated and embraced.<\/p>\n

Only when voters become aware enough to ask: Who\u2019ll pay for all of this?, will political leaders think twice before they write all those promises.<\/p>\n

4<\/span> See you on the 8th<\/sup> of May. After the 9th<\/sup>, we\u2019ll figure things out.<\/p>\n

Happy Holidays!<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t worry, after Easter, the 24th<\/sup> of May is around the corner, and All Soul\u2019s Day follows next month. Having such great economic growth is really tough, we need to have some rest. After that, we\u2019ll get to work. We\u2019ll also need to pay for the days when they\u2019ll tell each other where they were and how they spent their holidays.<\/p>\n

Translated by Nikola Gjelincheski<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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