I know there’s a lot of people out there swimming in debt. In 2016, that just seems to be the American way. You go in a huge hole, then spend the rest of your life trying to dig yourself out of it. American Dream 3.0….the first was the ‘white picket fence’ thing, the second being Dusty Rhodes.
Anyway, here at the SoBros Network, we’re always looking for ways we can improve our readers’ lives. I might have found just the idea to get some of you degenerates out of debt. Take a page out of Cuba’s playbook:
Courtesy of The Associated Press – “PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech Finance Ministry says Cuba has offered an unusual way of repaying its Cold War-era debt — its trademark rum.
Finance Ministry spokesman Michal Zurovec said Thursday that Cuban authorities have proposed to pay back $276 million to the Czech Republic from the time both countries were part of the communist bloc.
If that proposal becomes reality, the Czech would have enough Cuban rum for well over a century. According to the Czech Statistics Office, the Czechs imported rum from Cuba worth over $2 million last year.
Zurovec says that the Czechs would still prefer the debt was at least partly paid in cash.
In the past, North Korea wanted to repay its $10 million debt with products made with ginseng.”
So, maybe not everyone has Cuban rum to barter with. The point is, it’s 2016 and “everyone is special.” That means you have something you can offer if you don’t have money. Me? I can write shit for people, make hand-crafted leather journals, build a spreadsheet, or host parties. It’s on you to figure out what that thing is for you. Maybe instead of that $50 monthly loan repayment, you could call ’em up and say you make a mean ass meatloaf instead.
If I’m the Czechs, I’m marching my happy ass wherever I need to march it to to make this happen. Enough Cuban rum to last well over a century?!?! Are you kidding me? Have you ever had Cuban rum? I’ve had one glass before – it was smuggled into the country, so hope this doesn’t get anyone murdered/arrested, but it was beautiful.
But, the fact that this wasn’t immediately rejected makes me think those Czechs know this could end up being a good deal. I mean, obviously they still want some cash. You gotta have capital to run a business, y’know?
I’ll say this for sure, though – North Korea needs to step their game up. You offer Cuban rum and it’s a game-changer. You have to seriously consider taking $276M worth of it. Ginseng? GTFO, are you joking? No one cares about being healthy. GIVE US RUM!
I’m also open to this idea, by the way…so, if any of you readers still owe me money for any sort of undisclosed reason, feel free to get me some Cuban rum instead.
Stoney Keeley is the editor of the SoBros Network, Tennessee Titans Featured Analyst for Pro Football Spot, Contributor to FanSided’s Bama Hammer, and covers the WWE for WrestlingNews.co. Follow on Twitter @StoneyKeeley, @PFSpot, @WrestlingNewsCo, @Bama_Hammer
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