Gen contractor says the constr. economy is going to tank because his workers got deported

Simple, hire people that are here legally.

Zero sympathy for him.

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Simple, hire people that are here legally.

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Sure. Find people who do this work who will show up for work daily and can pass a drug test

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Simple, hire people that are here legally. Zero sympathy for him.

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Is it cool if all of your subcontractors are legal, but their guys were illegals?

When asked about the southern economy, Master Herschel Q. Growcotton said this.


"With all these slaves gone, the farming industry will altogether collapse. You'll see. There definitely won't be other labor sources to fill the gaps or technological advances that will allow more and better production."

i didn’t watch the video to see what he said, but it’s not that simple. Most larger GCs (which is where you get your best pricing) don’t self perform any of the architectural or structural trades (which is where your immigrant labor performs). They subcontract it for lower cost, less time and higher quality than they could do it themselves. So the company actually hiring illegal labor (if they do at all) is the architectural or structural trade subcontractor.

all of this is a classic example of being careful what you wish for. You may not be building a $10MM new headquarters building but the company that is building it is also providing jobs, and if that cost of construction increases relative to cost of self performing labor, and if the wheels of commerce in and around that activity slow down any further than they already have, you will feel the effects personally (eventually).

like most every complex problem, the causes are equally complex and the solutions thus can never be as simple as one would opine on a message board

This is Exactly what I voted for, Ricky countface.

Watch them scramble like cockroaches.

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i didn’t watch the video to see what he said, but it’s not that simple. Most larger GCs (which is where you get your best pricing) don’t self perform any of the architectural or structural trades (which is where your immigrant labor performs). They subcontract it for lower cost, less time and higher quality than they could do it themselves. So the company actually hiring illegal labor (if they do at all) is the architectural or structural trade subcontractor. all of this is a classic example of being careful what you wish for. You may not be building a $10MM new headquarters building but the company that is building it is also providing jobs, and if that cost of construction increases relative to cost of self performing labor, and if the wheels of commerce in and around that activity slow down any further than they already have, you will feel the effects personally (eventually). like most every complex problem, the causes are equally complex and the solutions thus can never be as simple as one would opine on a message board

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So cut out middle men who get paid a lot to do nothing while they complain they can’t find workers who won’t get paid anything to work hard.

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So cut out middle men who get paid a lot to do nothing

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TIL GCs do nothing

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this isn't what I voted for

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I mean he was pretty damn clear about what he planned on doing.

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criminals

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My brother, they are here illegally.