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Wayne Doubletree Resident (138.26.199.131) on 2/28/2017 - 11:24 a.m. says: ( 241 views , 8 likes )

"You don't have to wonder . . . My brothers ran their own construction company and now . . . "

Edited by Author at 2/28/2017 - 11:25 a.m.
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Example #3,542 of why immigration is not an easy issue....

If he's not careful, Trump is going to do damage to the economy that is going to take a long time to unravel. And say hello to the possibility of runaway inflation. Once that snowball gets rolling downhill, it might be tough to stop.

Now as construction picks up in many sectors after a multiyear slump, industry observers wonder what could happen if demand for workers grows while supply stays tight or shrinks.

Michael Berman, an independent financial adviser and fellow at Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies, cited recent conversations with construction CEOs who worry that the Trump administration's plans for a trillion dollars in infrastructure spending could increase demand for labor while the labor pool shrinks due to tightening immigration rules. That would drive contractors into competition for available workers, pulling workers from across all construction sectors.

"That would be inflationary," Berman said. "And that would end up being passed on to the costs of homes."

http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Texas-builders-fear-fallout-of-immigration-10959823.php?t=442bb9389c438d9cbb&cmpid=fb-premium  

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run other people's construction companies . . . what will happen is clear to anyone (including Aubie) that is remotely involved in construction . . . instead of hardworking, clean Mexicans . . . you're going to get drugged out, laying out, gone at the first real paycheck for days white boys.   There might be a few eager to work, clean white boys out there that are not currently working in construction that would filter in . . . but don't make me laugh. 

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