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The funny part happens when things go wrong on the job site. There are a lot of (true) tales out there regarding non-skilled illegals phuking up many a job, only to leave the builder and home owner behind and go on to the next job site. All the while leaving the home-owner with a $50,000.00-$200,000.00 "mistake" on his hands.

Not a new problem, and not one exclusively attributable to illegal immigrants. A person who hires a builder without checking past performance, without confirming insurance, if a fool. The market quickly boots unsavory contractors. Here in Massachusetts, reputable builders have more work than they can handle. Maybe your buddy should move?

My shop tech teacher (trade school...cabinet-building and framing, me) used to say the customer is the boss. Your friend could have adjusted to the demands of the market as required by his clients, but refused. He must be an 'Artiste'.

I hate whining; there's plenty of opportunity that results from every down circumstance in the market. Smart, hard-working folk will get it, and prosper. Whiners demand the gubmint 'do something'.

I know a good harness maker, displaced by the automobile, still looking for work....been 90 years since he had a job.

Note that I put aside the immigrant problem in my nutty last paragraph.

Oh boy, another buggy whip comparison. Please, that is just as nutty as the $10 a head for cabbage scenario that so many people spurt. Face it, the combination of no real enforcement on immigration and job outsourcing is a political time bomb, and while Limbaugh and the pundits at the WSJ editorial pages may not see it, the anger and brewing backlash is all too real. The fact here at FR, the prime grass roots conservative site on the web has severe disagreements on these issues does not bode well for the current socio-economic situation being sustained.