re: Do You Want to Pay $700 for Someone to Clean Your One-Bedroom Apartment?

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Just so we are clear how old do you think I am?

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I'll weigh in on that.

Physically you could really be any age.

Mentally and emotionally I'd say about 14.

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This is literally the same argument that pro-slavery people made in the mid-1800s, Jill.

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Correct.

Not to mention, if we just stopped paying able bodied people to sit around scratching off Lotto tickets, we'd have multiple problems solved at once.

Including this one.

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He also said it is a culture that white & black guys do not want to join because the Hispanics flat out outwork them and never complain.

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No they don’t wanna join because they wanna eat, but not work. And the government allows that to happen.

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You're about to directly die old man.

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You do realize that no matter the age, none of us are guaranteed tomorrow.

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there is a massive shortage of qualified labor available to build in our metro.

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a respected home builder in our area: "if you were to kick all the Hispanics out building costs would increase by at least 50%"

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That's bullshite. Noted that you stated, "all the Hispanics", not all of the 'illegal' Hispanics. If he's using 'illegal' Hispanics, then that is not a 'respected' builder in my book. Maybe yours. Not mine.

Secondly, labor accounts for 40% of the cost of building a home, then is marked up by 30%, as are materials, so let's say it's 40% of the total.

By Specific Trade (Approximate 2025 Averages for Residential New Construction):

Low end is non-union. High end is union.

General Laborer $18–$25
Framer/Carpenter $25–$40
Drywall/Finisher $25–$38
Plumber (journeyman) $35–$55
Electrician (journeyman) $35–$60
HVAC Installer $30–$50
Concrete/Mason $25–$45

So, basically, an average of $30 per hour. If you made that an average of $40 an hour, you would increase cost of labor by 33%. So if you take $400k in costs of labor on a $1M house you would add another $100k to the price of the home, making it a 10% markup.

However, I believe that your builder is probably paying under that $30 an hour average if he's using illegals, plus saving on insurance costs and taxes, but not passing along his cost savings to the consumer. Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe in human nature, and human nature says he maximizes profit over ethics if he's the type to pay illegals.

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I did hear from quite a respected home builder in our area that if you were to kick all the Hispanics out building costs would increase by at least 50%. But… the bigger issue is there is a massive shortage of qualified labor available to build in our metro.

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I don't think we can deport fast enough to cause some of the effects cited in any of these cases. Some estimates are as high as 90 million illegals in our country. For some reason, ICE says there are 11 million. Maybe that is just the targeted group. What is our current deportation rate; 163 per day? Total is 163,000. Give me a break. One per cent is not going to do much but let's bitch anyway. Added note: there are 360,000 in detention I assume awaiting hearings for asylum or deportation.

shite for $700 I’ll clean your one bedroom apartment so well you could eat off the floor. That’s more than I make in a day at my office job.

No cap.

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how old do you think I am?

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64

If you are living in a freaking 1-bedroom apartment, why are you paying someone to clean it??? I'm sure there are people to pay someone to cut their grass for 1/10th of an acre lot. A fool and their money are soon parted.