re: #200 boxhead

A skilled tradesman is an educated person. And often, more educated than a white collar. But far too many trade jobs that were protected by unions have been decimated by cheap labor. I am old enough to remember when a carpenter was a job that made enough money to raise a family. Now, not much more than flipping burgers, unless you are the contractor, and then competition is ridiculous.

Preach! Right now the big jobs are coming down to such a minuscule amount of money between contractors it’s ridiculous. Last year I saw a $3 Million dollar job come down to 4 contractors that were separated by less than $2k.