Quote Originally Posted by kyfanatic View Post
I've been a carpentry subcontractor for over 35 years,worked both residential and commercial jobs.Rough-Framed for Northern Kentucky Homebuilders a lot and was known as one of the top framers in the area.I'll give you a list of HomeBuilders and you can ask yourself,not blowing hotair,stating facts.
I carried Workers Comp,2 million $ in Liablity Insurance,had life and Health Insurance on my employees,paid all occupational licenses and local,state,and federal taxes.
I was a member of the Local,State,and National Home Builders Association and volunteered to teach carpentry skills at ABC classes (Associated Builders and Contractors,Volunteered on many Homes for needy and low income projects.
I also was a member of the Kentucky Association of General Contractors and have done work in Kentucky,Ohio,Indiana,Tennessee,Virginia,New Jersey,California,and Florida as well as on Grand Cayman Island,in the Bahamas,and Jamaica

I cannot tell you the thousands of homesand commercial projects I have had to go back on that Mexicans/Hispanics,Russians,and other foreigners worked on and repair from shoddy craftsmanship,including important structural mistakes that jeopardized the structures.

If these Illegals carried all the Insurance and Trade requirements that I was forced to,do you think their costs would have been cheaper? You get what you pay for,if you want **** slapped on fast and halfassed,that's what you get,but I never saw any Mexicans or otherwise that could outwork,do better quality,than my crew before my injuries.

Funny how we hear how these people work so cheap when they aren't subjected to the same rules and regulations as Americans are,you want to know why Americans have the work ethics they do? Because of Government Regulations and all the BS forced on us that Illegals don't deal with
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Well, Polly won't respond again but from your post it seems government regs have required you to be the contractor you just described so not having to comply with "all the BS forced on us that Illegals don't deal with" then everybody would be doing less that quality work and you don't see it as gov interference improving the quality of workmanship? .. I suspect if we get rid of illegals and do away with gov regs then shoddy workmanship would be the norm with the exception of the price.. remember the cars in the 50's 60's and 70's before japanese competition and gov interference made american car manufactures get better or go broke?... Don't misunderstand, I think we should send them all back if they are/were illegal but it does sound like you are saying 'take away the regs and the illegals and we will show you what shoddy workmanship really is'..