So we'll all just live in cheap trailers? This is how you make America great again?
Has anyone put two and two together to figure out that removing cheap labor from the marketplace does not make housing (or most other things) more affordable?
doublerabbit•1h ago
> So we'll all just live in cheap trailers? This is how you make America great again?
Well, you could count it on being a one step in a direction of reintroducing American manufacturing.
toomuchtodo•1h ago
Are you arguing that citizens cannot do this work while being paid living wages in union jobs? Because I don't believe underpaying undocumented workers is a requirement to achieve a sustainable affordable housing pipeline.
Fix permitting [1] and homebuilder monopolies [2] while rebuilding a domestic talent pipeline for the trades [3], because young Americans need jobs they can build a life on [4].
jqpabc123•1h ago
Has anyone put two and two together to figure out that removing cheap labor from the marketplace does not make housing (or most other things) more affordable?
doublerabbit•1h ago
Well, you could count it on being a one step in a direction of reintroducing American manufacturing.
toomuchtodo•1h ago
Fix permitting [1] and homebuilder monopolies [2] while rebuilding a domestic talent pipeline for the trades [3], because young Americans need jobs they can build a life on [4].
[1] https://www.governance.fyi/p/a-housing-playbook-outline-for-...
[2] https://www.thebignewsletter.com/p/its-the-land-stupid-how-t...
[3] https://www.blackrock.com/corporate/newsroom/press-releases/...
[4] https://econofact.org/factbrief/fact-check-is-unemployment-f...