My Maid Invests in the Stock Market by Bo Sanchez 1 | Page 7

“How Much Do You Pay Them?”
When I tell people my helpers invest in the stock market,
people ask me, “My gosh! You must pay them a fortune.”
No, I’m not Sharon Cuneta.
I heard she pays her helpers P25,000 each. (That’s only a
rumor. Maybe it’s true, maybe it’s not.) If it’s true, then that’s
great.
I pay my helpers generously, but not that much. I’ll later
tell you how much I pay them.
But you see, that’s not the main problem.
No matter how high their salaries are, they still can’t save
anything.
Let me tell you why.
Whole Civilizations Depend
On Their Monthly Padala
They send most of their salaries back home.
They send it to their parents, siblings, nephews, nieces,
aunties, uncles, cousins, including their pet carabao. Sometimes,
I feel my helpers are supporting entire civilizations. Without
their monthly stipend sent back home, the economy of an entire
barrio will cease to exist. People will loiter on the road aimlessly.
Children will die of starvation. And the world will come to an
end.
That’s not the only problem.
My helpers know enough to save a little every month. So
they don’t send everythin