re: There aren’t enough skilled workers and guys under 40 willing to work with their hands

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High speed rail is not to help people spread out.

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It wouldn't have an affect? Instead of living in the city itself people could move further out and still work in the city, correct?

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It wouldn't have an affect? Instead of living in the city itself people could move further out and still work in the city, correct?

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High speed rail only works well between fairly closely spaced population centers.

Not even the government is going to spend $10 billion to run a high speed rail line to Bumfrick Nebraska.

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Almost any commercial project with a GC is going to require documented workers. If it's a government project or a big CG is running it 100% will require documentation and background checks. Residential is different. That's where you're going to run into undocumented labor all the time. Documented as well but a ton of undocumented.

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I work in large commercial construction, and this is not how it goes. GC's are not checking documentation for subcontractors' workers. Subcontractors can also sub out to "labor providers", and turn a blind eye to employee verification paperwork. This is how many large hotels/condos/office towers are built. Maybe not as much in northern or heavy union towns. If you don't believe me, go park yourself outside of a large construction project at 6am and see who goes in and out of the gates.

Government projects are a different story, but only certain contractors go after those projects as they require a different set of labor that can pass background checks.

shite baw, go stand next to the breakfast taco van outside a 2 month shutdown in the petroplex. You'll forget you're in the United States.