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> As a home owner - updating / improving my windows is a luxury I very much wish I could afford. What has gone wrong in super capitalistic America that much po
by oblio 2y ago
> As a home owner - updating / improving my windows is a luxury I very much wish I could afford.
What has gone wrong in super capitalistic America that much poorer Romanians, for example, can afford average quality double glazed and triple glazed windows and Americans can't?
- onlypassingthru 2y agoLabor costs. Work in the trades can pay VERY well in the wealthier parts of the US. Plumbing, electrical, carpentry, tile journeyman can all make over six figures in the major metro areas.
- oblio 2y agoThat looks a lot like several inefficiencies: 1. Why aren't more people trying to get those jobs? 2. Why aren't locals trying to bring workers from low cost of labor areas?