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    11 months ago

    Even if they work in construction it’s not like that magically makes more houses

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      11 months ago

      I mean, it’s not magic, it’s economics. If you’re putting in more man-hours in a competitive market, you should be getting more products out of the other end. Immigrants can plumb just as well as you, of course.

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        11 months ago

        We don’t need more manpower, it’s our policies that are restricting supply

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          11 months ago

          Those are also dumb. We should stop zoning everything just for the sake of the environment and basic livability, even.

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            11 months ago

            If there were more incentive to build housing then more people would get into construction, not the other way around. People don’t train for industries that don’t pay

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              11 months ago

              Sure. IIRC, though, this thread started with somebody blaming immigration for the crisis. It’s not that, that’s not how it works.

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                  11 months ago

                  Except immigrants build houses. Sense this discussion looping back on itself a bit, so I’ll check out if there’s nothing further.

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                    11 months ago

                    But they don’t, I don’t understand why you are under this impression

                    Millions of immigrants in recent years and nothing is getting built

                    Need to fix policies before getting more immigrants