Zeev's Turnips Patch-No Politics (ZEEV)

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The number of tradesman in any region will be dictated by the demand for their services and that demand fluctuates greatly. When times are good everyone and his brother-in-law is out there hacking their way through making a buck. When times get tough the shops lop off all the deadwood and the slouches find some other business to exploit. The self-employed plumbers and even the licensed plumbers are NOT representative of the whole trade. On every big crew and in every big shop there are few serious professionals who direct the grunts through the project. These are the guys who can make $80-100K if they work steady in any one of the metropolitan areas that support that kind of wage. The MAJORITY of guys working in this industry make LESS THAN HALF that amount for full time work under very ugly conditions. I've been both union tradesman and licensed contractor since 1978.