(09-13-2017, 09:41 AM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(09-13-2017, 08:22 AM)homebiscuit Wrote: It's astounding that support for reinforcing our national borders is equated with racism and low intellect. I'm waiting for the national defense/white supremacy analogy.

Some people like cheap and available labor.   Other people want less competition from Mexicans.   It depends on where you are on the economic scale.   I would say, rich people would like having Mexican labor, while poor people would not like having Mexican labor.   People who employ laborers like having Mexican labor to compete with American citizens.  Of course, this is a total generalization.   

With all the reconstruction that is going to have to be done after these hurricanes, I would think it would be a lot easier to get it all done if we let in some Mexican labor.   Unless we want to pay $30 an hour for jobs that would normally be paid $12 an hour.  I wouldn't want to have the choice of paying double the normal rate for a new roof, or watching it rain in the living room for the next 6 months.

Being in the construction industry, I can tell you that the labor rate is going down for construction trades...There are so many contractors bidding on jobs they have to bid very low to get the contracts...The jobs that used to pay $20 an hour are now starting at around $9...When I started in the HVAC industry I started at $17 and ended up around $22 back in the late 90's...Now they are starting around $9-$10 and the cause of this is due to smaller companies such as owner operators with 1 to 3 employees has less overhead to pay and can therefor bid much lower than large companies...I am talking specifically about new construction home building bids

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