The thing about the trucking industry is that there is a legit shortage of drivers and has been for a very long time. Around 10-15 years ago we began being told that full self-driving vehicles were just around the corner and long-haul trucking would be the first industry to adopt it so almost overnight young people abandoned any thought of that as a long-term career (thanks Elon). "You'd be dumb to go to truck driving school", we said.
Yesss yessss holy shit yesssss get rid of property tax on primary homes immediately
I'd disagree on roofing in particular - don't really have much contact with the other elements of construction. Everyone I knew who went into it spent months or even years on the ground, gradually learned the ropes, learned how to move on a roof, all the steps of the process, the peculiarities of different types of roofs. It was absolutely not some quick on-site training, and a lot of the guys on the crew saw training even a few people as a pain in the ass that fucked with the installation timeline - they would shittest new guys to make sure they wouldn't bounce after they took the trouble to teach them, sometimes for months. Similar situation at multiple companies. When you look at the demand for new roofs nationwide, how much of the workforce is illegal, you'd end up with a lot of people not being able to afford new roofs on their house for an extended period of time as the supply contracted sharply and the demand remained the same.
I've heard absolute horror stories about companies squeezing truckers financially, monitoring them in insane ways (it's why they're so annoying on the highway now, passing at creeping speeds, their speed is being monitored and they can get shit for going too fast even if it holds up traffic by clogging up the passing lane). The rent to own things are often scams, employers won't pay for their food and other costs, so it's not the moneymaker it used to be if you're just starting out and can't get the really lucrative gigs. A large part of this is due to the jeet infestation and dropping expectations. Like in most industries, the 'shortage' can be resolved in the way that any labor shortage is resolved: by raising the price of labor and enticing more people to provide it. The companies screech about a shortage when they don't want to cut into their bottom line to do this.
Only reason they said automation was gonna happen was to drive native workers out. So they could claim "look we need this cheap H1-b, we can't find anyone else!" It was always a scam to lower wages.
The whole thing is funny to me, because it's just such a fucking non-starter on so many levels:
Being against property taxes going away is the most retarded thing ever. It's the gateway wealth tax.
To add to all of that, it was DURING Trumps first presidency, when Epstein would very much be incentivized to drum something up on him/harm him. Again, that's not defending Trump (I truly hope if he did something we find out!), but it's a legitimate question/concern.
"Hey Babe, lets buy a house and have kids!""Young families actually benefit by paying thousands of dollars a year in taxes on their home"
They have to have been bought off.
I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. I put on roofs as an untrained retard, several times, and once on a high, steep roof with a complicated roofline. Where are you hiring from?
I disagree but it is very much a chicken and egg thing. Once any industry begins importing cheap labor it becomes a race to the bottom as everyone else is forced to compete. The roofer discussion up-page is a good example. Once your competitor is allowed to break the law to undercut you the only choice is to adopt the same practices to survive and then it doesn't take very long before every roofer working today is an illegal. Honest people simply cannot compete against dishonest people when the dishonesty is allowed.
The taxes will just shift to income and sales tax hikes to compensate since the revenue has to come from somewhere. Property taxes in Texas are among the highest in the nation and that hasn't stopped rich old people from buying it all up to rent to us poors.
Problem is, who besides boomers can afford consumer goods?
people need to stop thinking a house is an investment vehicle. it's a home!
Sounds like bullshit.
well land is scarce and they print more money every second so that won't happen
Why would you spout such vile antisemitism
Decrease property taxes and prices will immediately increase by the previously-taxed amount. If the bank was willing to give $X loan with property taxes included they will still give the same loan with property taxes excluded so the market will just adjust higher. We see this with every gov't subsidy and eliminating property taxes simply to goose the housing market is nothing more than another subsidy.