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To: bronxboy

“My house in Georgia was built by illegals.”

Almost any house built in the last 15 or so years has been built by either illegals or unqualified labor.

If I remember correctly, the argument was that Americans wouldn’t do the job as cheaply as the illegals would. I also remember being told that if builders were required to pay American labor rates that houses wouldn’t be affordable.


326 posted on 12/12/2008 10:14:24 AM PST by snarkybob (')
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To: snarkybob

My house cost me thousands in repairs...As for affordability, I hear that argument all the time, but maybe having a thriving American construction industry is more important then saving money by building crap houses. My house in the Mid West I just sold (transferred to Ohio) was built three years ago by American workers. It was cheaper than the house in Georgia so I don’t think this cost thing is necessarily true. I think the building companies don’t pass any savings to the consumers but pocket the profit. What they do is illegal and in my opinion these people are criminals.


383 posted on 12/13/2008 3:27:07 AM PST by bronxboy
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