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mynameisbond said:
And workers' comp coverage
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Yep. If it's like it was a few years ago, they get a 1099 from the contractor, have to show proof of insurance, and the contractor is, iirc, responsible for deducting it and sending it to the government. For construction, it used to be something like 12-18%. Roofers paid the most. Carpenters were only a little less.
 
finesse said:
Yep. If it's like it was a few years ago, they get a 1099 from the contractor, have to show proof of insurance, and the contractor is, iirc, responsible for deducting it and sending it to the government. For construction, it used to be something like 12-18%. Roofers paid the most. Carpenters were only a little less.
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What if I pay cash rather than write a check?
 
uncgriff said:
At what hourly wage would the average american young adult put down their iPhone to spend all day picking soybeans or strawberrys?
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That's a tough one to answer .

My guess would be $20-25 /hour with a 30 hour work week, 6 weeks paid vacation, 6 weeks paid sick leave and paid time off on days once the temperature reached 80 degrees ?
 
heelinhell said:
That's a tough one to answer .

My guess would be $20-25 /hour with a 30 hour work week, 6 weeks paid vacation, 6 weeks paid sick leave and paid time off on days once the temperature reached 80 degrees ?
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Don't forget health insurance and retirement accounts.
 
Attic insulation in a renovation is always a fun job. All the trapped heat and none of the breeze is no fun. I've been on jobs where we'd have to take turns working 15 minutes at a time. It would be 120-130 up there.

Worst thing I remember doing, but not by that much, was when we had to cut a hole for a 3x6 foot skylight in a 50 year old tar and gravel roof that had been recovered several times. It was in the middle of July, we couldn't leave it open overnight and I don't think there was a cloud in the sky. We did it but we were one hot, nasty and irritated group of guys.

That actually actually sparked a weird train of thought. Started to make the joke that the coatings and made it like it was armor plated. Here's where the fun of having a short attention span comes in. Before I could type it a stray thought drifted through saying you didn't make this one up.

This stirred in my memory.


Plastic armour (also known as plastic protection) was a type of vehicle armour originally developed for merchant ships by Edward Terrell of the British Admiralty in 1940. It consisted of small, evenly sized aggregate in a matrix of bitumen, similar to asphalt concrete. It was typically applied as a casting in situ in a layer about 2 in (51 mm) thick on to existing ship structures made from 1⁄4 in-thick (6.4 mm) mild steel or formed in equally thick sections on a 1⁄2 in-thick (13 mm) steel plate for mounting as gun shields and the like. Plastic armour replaced the use of concrete slabs, which although expected to provide protection, were prone to cracking and breaking up when struck by armour-piercing bullets. Plastic armour was effective because the very hard particles would deflect bullets, which would then lodge between the plastic armour and the steel backing plate. Plastic armour
 
heelinhell said:
That's a tough one to answer .

My guess would be $20-25 /hour with a 30 hour work week, 6 weeks paid vacation, 6 weeks paid sick leave and paid time off on days once the temperature reached 80 degrees ?
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All right, this seems needlessly disparaging. I take your point and agree with it, but this veers pretty far into caricature territory.
 
StrangePackage said:
Is verifiably accurate news in the best interest of the public?
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lol. What's in the best interest of the public is unbiased reporting. That isn't NPR

"In a recent article published by The Free Press, NPR editor Uri Berliner stated that he found zero Republicans and 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Free Press. This information has been widely cited by other sources. NPR's CEO, Katherine Maher, has acknowledged this finding as concerning."

I'm sure you think NPR is doing a great job.
 
Callatoroy said:
lol. What's in the best interest of the public is unbiased reporting. That isn't NPR

"In a recent article published by The Free Press, NPR editor Uri Berliner stated that he found zero Republicans and 87 registered Democrats working in editorial positions at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. The Free Press. This information has been widely cited by other sources. NPR's CEO, Katherine Maher, has acknowledged this finding as concerning."

I'm sure you think NPR is doing a great job.
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I'm sure you think that's a reliable source.

Despite the overwhelming evidence on the right, one's political leanings (yeah, convictions sounded wrong in 34 different ways) doesn't have to affect one's honesty.
 
I do workers' compensation law as part of my practice. Just from what I see personally here in VA, a good percentage of manual laborers (construction work, landscaping, etc.) are Hispanic immigrants willing to do hard work for low wages. I don't think employers are always careful about verifying their immigration status or providing the kind of benefits that local workers would expect. But if they want to avoid problems with the IRS, they withhold taxes, SS and Medicare. I'm sure some pay in cash "under the table" as well, but that is a risky business practice. These workers are among ICE's targets. When they are randomly rounded up and herded away it will have a chilling effect on that business sector. Taking them out of the labor pool is going to drive up labor costs and decrease the tax base. Actions have consequences.
 
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finesse said:
I'm sure you think that's a reliable source.

Despite the overwhelming evidence on the right, one's political leanings (yeah, convictions sounded wrong in 34 different ways) doesn't have to affect one's honesty.
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"This information has been widely cited by other sources" And was used in congressional hearings. Please feel free to offer a credible rebutting source.
 
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