Posted on 04/17/2017 3:35:02 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There is no labor shortage. There is a labor glut brought on by illegal border crossings and bad trade deals.
Once that begins to correct under the current administration the demand for labor will go up. This will drive up wages (to something livable) and US citizens will reenter the work force. The welfare drain will slow, and taxes will be reduced - even while total tax revenues skyrocket.
MAGA.
I would really like to see a robot realize he has run out of nails and make a quick dash to Home Depot.
But to address the actual article - factory made house make more economic sense than custom built in most cases.
What labor shortage? We have plenty of unemployed engineers in Texas and the numbers are growing.
Draw your dream home on the back of a napkin, drop it in the scanner, hit print...
Move in a week...
The wwges in construction arebjust fine, Mexican or no Mexican.
You’ll open up more jobs for Americans...
The robots do not come to work with a hangover, the robots do not come with the cost of Obamacare and the robots do not join the union.
95 million people who are not working and should be, and these dummies say there is a labor shortage. Time for a reality check.
It is finally going to build me my Dream home,and for jack sh!t.Who knew that day would come.
Yeah but, now the cost for your custom home has been reduced as has the time rewuired to complete so, you can afford more house, reduce the cost or afford better finishes...
“There is no labor shortage. There is a labor glut brought on by illegal border crossings and bad trade deals.”
Absolutely right.
And these trends are finally heading in the right direction.
Probably would end up being closer to an online order and drone delivery, if we’re looking at possibilities.
For a country whit a "labor shortage" it sure is odd that wages have been flat for decades.
“Labor shortage” + “Record Food Stamps” = “Does Not Compute”.
Hey automation is fine just don’t blow smoke up my butt and tell me there is a labor shortage in the USA.
Yarborough said shes not interested in learning more about traditional construction. Before joining Blueprint, she took a free, six-month course on computer numerical control machines, available only to unemployed or low-income adults.
Custom built homes increase in value, a manufactured home decreases in value each year when a person can get new model each year. It is more like a car.
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