These days, it seems like the price of almost everything is pretty darn high. Gas, food, bills … you name it. So is it any suprise that people are trying to cut corners and discounts out of the newspaper?

And if that doesn't work, then what? Spend the rest of your life paying off interest-only loans? Sell your soul to the big corporations? Modern-day slavery, but I won't go into that now.

Recently, on my way home, I’ve been noticing many construction sites for new businesses. These businesses are being built on land that was previously unoccupied. Along the same street that I see all of these construction sites are also many empty buildings that once housed stores that are now out of business.