Originally Posted by Pwyse
Originally Posted by Out back
Ya'll are just looking at one piece of the puzzle and president Trump has only been on the job 3 weeks. You have to look at the bigger economic picture. Several things will factor in to offset the temporary labor cost increase. The so-called housing shortage was largely in part to millions of illegals invading our country in such a short period of time. Once we've reestablished our energy independence and removed regulatory roadblocks the price of gas, and more importantly diesel fuel, will come down. Cost of supplies and building materials will come down. DOGE has already found enough corrupt and wasteful spending to make a big dent in the deficit. I believe they'll eventually save enough to operate a balanced budget. I also believe president Trump has a plan to seriously reduce, or even eliminate income tax. Possibly property tax as well. Once foreign countries and importers are paying their fair amount of tariffs, that alone could eliminate the need for income tax. That's how this country was funded prior to income tax which was established in 1913. Legal immigration will be streamlined to allow productive and properly vetted immigrants to come in and help fill labor gaps. There's way more to this puzzle than just DOGE and ICE. President Trump is the reigning world champion of 3D chess. It's a long game goal. And let's not forget, we didn't get here overnight, we're not going heal our wounds overnight either. We're in this battle for our children's future even we may actually have to sacrifice a little, our children and grandchildren will reap the benefits in the long term. We have to stand strong behind president Trump and keep the momentum. Keep the faith! 👍


I hope you are right. I think the housing market is an indicator and drives a little more than you think.

This is what I know for a fact. They were building and selling homes in south AL and south MS at an incredible rate, even though the cost of the houses were inflated. In the last 6 months it had slowed somewhat. But in the last 2 weeks, these new neighborhoods are like a ghost town. Someone else made the comment in another thread and I replied that all was good down here… 2 days later it was not. There used to be 10 men framing a house now there is 3. Same with the other trades. It has slowed to a crawl and will eventually affect me and the company I work for. I hope it will somehow correct itself without me having to get another job. I think most economists say that if home construction comes to a halt, inflation will definitely go up. Which causes rates to go up. Which slows the economy. Slower economy means petroleum goes up.

Someone commented that quality of work will increase when the American labor force gets back involved. It will not. The quality of American labor is so low that it will not do the job. I also believe that if you get able bodied people off of government assistance, crime will sky rocket. The people abusing that system aren’t simply going to go get a Labor job. And they don’t know how to do anything anyways. It requires a good work ethic to be a skilled or unskilled laborer. A 40 year old who has been on welfare for 20 years ain’t the guy for the job.


If crime skyrockets, the answer to that is to become tougher in the consequences. If people realize that (1) they can't sit around on their able-bodied rear ends all day and get a government check and (2) if they resort to stealing they'll face punishments that are akin to Old Testament justice, then at some point said people will realize they have only one choice. The issue in our country is that both one and two are not practiced.