You do know little Richy Lowry has never picked up a shovel in his whole life, but because of his pedigree at National Review, he becomes an expert on the subject of contractor employment, according to you.
I've never encountered a shovel that will convey an education in economics. Perhaps they sold them at those mom-and-pop places that got driven out of the market by Lowe's and Home Depot.
Well I am an expert on the construction business, my father raised us by hanging drywall and my husband works in the residential homebuilding business. And yes he works in the heat,we live in Georgia. Up until about 10 years ago, there were very few illegals on job sites. Gee, I wonder how all those houses were built? Metro Atlanta is really big, ya know. Before we moved to Georgia, we lived in Hilton Head where my husband was a framer, where it's really hot and humid, and he'd have to be out in the baking sun all day. And guess what, ALL OF THE CONTRUCTION CREWS ON HILTON HEAD WERE OWNED AND OPERATED BY AMERICANS until DelWebb started to develop Sun City Hilton Head. It was DelWebb who contracted out of state and brought tons of illegals, who have yet to leave. The lovely illegals have ruined the outer neighborhoods. A good friend of mine literally lost all of her hair from the stress of trying to deal with a pro-illegal advocate, while trying to enforce their homeowners association rules. Thousands and thousands of dollars the homeowners had to pay to fight this women and her friends. I was just visiting them this summer, her neighborhood has turned into a slum. Back to construction, they are driving the small contractors out of business, I have 2 very good friends that are now looking for new careers because they can't bid as low as the Mexicans who share housing and expenses, both made a decent middle class livng until Georgia became saturated with illegals. Try living in the real world with the rest of us whose quality of life is being destroyed.