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**neictscek** · 01-13-2012, 02:35 AM

Think on this, BEB...

The top wages in the construction field have not moved an incredible amount in the last 15 years. But the cost of living has moved upward by a lot. That's because of inflation, for the most part.

The cost of oil products, especially, have jumped mightily because of inflation.

That's somewhat true. But inflation isn't the reason construction wages are stagnant. We are in the middle of an economic depression, people aren't building like they were 5 or 10 years ago and therefor the market for construction jobs is stagnant and even receding. Add the illegal mexican element to the mix and it gets even further removed from inflation.

01-13-2012, 02:35 AM	#30
neictscek Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 433 Senior Member	Think on this, BEB... The top wages in the construction field have not moved an incredible amount in the last 15 years. But the cost of living has moved upward by a lot. That's because of inflation, for the most part. The cost of oil products, especially, have jumped mightily because of inflation. That's somewhat true. But inflation isn't the reason construction wages are stagnant. We are in the middle of an economic depression, people aren't building like they were 5 or 10 years ago and therefor the market for construction jobs is stagnant and even receding. Add the illegal mexican element to the mix and it gets even further removed from inflation.
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