Also, decimating unions and defunding community colleges means there's few ways to enter the trades. If you think college is a ripoff, wait until you hear about for-profit "trade schools." Everything in this country is a fucking scam.

Plus, the way we build houses in this country is ridiculously inefficient. Bring back the commieblocks and Sears houses FFS. Bring the local zoning boards and NIMBYs to heel. It shouldn't be so hard to build in the first place. We need to prefab a lot more to reduce the labor costs, especially in this climate. There's a reason the Europeans laugh at our single-story shacks made of sticks and glue...