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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-hardest-jobs-to-fill-think-plumbers/2012/07/07/gJQA4wW3UW_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blog

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-hardest-jobs-to-fill-think-plumbers/2012/07/07/gJQA4wW3UW_blog.html http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/post/the-ha... http://www.coloradoan.com/story/money/2014/05/07/subcontractor-shortage-threatens-construction-business/8795373/ http://www.coloradoan.com/story/money/2014/05/07/subcontract... http://contractormag.com/plumbing-contractor/skilled-tradesmen-shortage-poses-threat-and-opportunity http://contractormag.com/plumbing-contractor/skilled-tradesm... I think you are mistaken based on the fact I can find plenty of articles talking about a shortage. Likely due to the fact people think like you [and assume there is enough people]. It wouldn't absorb millions but it'd still reduce poverty.

Retric 12y ago
I know plenty of people in the trades and there is no shortage of people do 90% of the work out there. Now, if you want someone to do precision welding underwater that's another story, but there is not a lot of those jobs, and they tend to be rather dangerous.
maxerickson 12y ago
I didn't mean to be as dismissive as you've taken my comment to be. But for a country of 300 million, a shortage of several hundred thousand construction workers is a source of mild friction, not something demanding pervasive policy changes. (I'm being sloppy with numbers, but you've highlighted a larger, growing county that is ~3,000 workers short, and there are only about 3,000 counties total, many of which are smaller than Larimer and experiencing population contractions)