Where's the bad economy?
N8 OpEd | 17 Sep | N8
If there's one thing that is the first to die in bad economic times its the construction industry.
Kerry and the rest of his liberal supporters keep harping on the economy being in the tank, but frankly I just don't see it and I highly doubt anyone else does either.
Everywhere around me is construction. Restaurants, coffee shops, mega-marts, office buildings, medical plazas and (my business) new homes are bursting out of once vacant fields and empty lots.
Think the economy sucks? Try to schedule a plumber or an electrician or a roofing crew sometime. These guys are balls-to-the-wall seven days a week. "Yeah, we might be able to get to you in a couple weeks," is what a general contractor hears more often than not these days.
It was just a few short years ago when I had several phone calls a week from journeymen looking for jobs to work on. But that was when Clinton was in office and interest rates were 9%.
Naw, I'm not buying "Its the economy stupid" Kerry line and I don't think 99% of the materialistic suburban metro's or Nascar country-livin' argro's do either.
N8 OpEd | 17 Sep | N8
If there's one thing that is the first to die in bad economic times its the construction industry.
Kerry and the rest of his liberal supporters keep harping on the economy being in the tank, but frankly I just don't see it and I highly doubt anyone else does either.
Everywhere around me is construction. Restaurants, coffee shops, mega-marts, office buildings, medical plazas and (my business) new homes are bursting out of once vacant fields and empty lots.
Think the economy sucks? Try to schedule a plumber or an electrician or a roofing crew sometime. These guys are balls-to-the-wall seven days a week. "Yeah, we might be able to get to you in a couple weeks," is what a general contractor hears more often than not these days.
It was just a few short years ago when I had several phone calls a week from journeymen looking for jobs to work on. But that was when Clinton was in office and interest rates were 9%.
Naw, I'm not buying "Its the economy stupid" Kerry line and I don't think 99% of the materialistic suburban metro's or Nascar country-livin' argro's do either.