I anticipate a time when almost everything that goes on is digitally controlled and people sitting in cubes monitoring activity and churning out reports will compete for jobs worth less than $40,000 a year while plumbers, electricians and home repair professionals will command well over $100 and hour, work on their own selected schedules and require large deposits just to get on their appointment schedule. Emergency visits will be very expensive.
unless of course our dear leaders decide that “affordable plumbing” is a protected right for all (ex - “affordable housing, Health Ins).
Then the plumber’s hourly wage is capped for the public’s general welfare.
My plumber, who I’ve known since he was a kid, charges $175 just to show up. He has his own biz and makes a pretty good living. He works his tail off though. Not that there is anything wrong with that. ;)