Pay more.
I totally support the direction we seem to be moving under Trump.
But people do need to think about a few things:
1) Quite a number of Americans are in do-nothing jobs of one sort or another. There are classic jokes like: “How many people work in your office?” “About a third.”. Can this continue?
2) A fair amount of work is done by illegal immigrants. After they leave, the work will remain.
Conclusion: Automation will increase, wages will increase, cost of some products will increase, and some people in do-nothing jobs will end up doing what some of those illegal immigrants used to do (cleaning bathrooms, picking fruit, whatever).
I don’t say any of this is wrong or even unfortunate. But people need awareness that changes are coming. I think it’s best if people on Welfare have to go out and do the work, but I don’t think that is a full and complete solution.
Around here the more you pay for a remodel, and tgat ncludes labor costs, the more your assessment and property taxes soar.
Even folks who could pay more are saying it’s not worth it.
So paying more isn’t always a good idea.