warrior bodhisattva
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Location: East-central Canada
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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Not really, it is just I have no magic dust to make you believe what you see all around you. I am not talking theory, I just give real examples.
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I'm beginning to think that maybe it's just that you aren't being entirely clear.
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In every state I am aware of contractors are required to be licensed, and you can go to state websites and look at those companies and check the status. Contractors are generally small, and start as "garage" businesses. In good times they spring up like weeds in the spring. In bad times they disappear. So do jobs. We are talking about, general contractors, roofing contractors, framers, cement, wallboard, electricians, plumbers, land graders, landscapers, window installers, painters, outdoor lighting, cabinetry, brick, pools, doors, inspectors, etc, etc, etc.
When the housing market rebounds, pick a state any state and monitor the activity and see what happens. Within months there will be thousands of new companies. Each of these companies may start with one, a few, a dozen or so employees - some will grow quickly to employ 50 or more, perhaps hundreds. And this is just one little segment involving licensed contractors. Within months you can see strong employment growth in this area that can have a measurable difference on a state's unemployment rate. Just from guys starting a business in the "garage"'. On the other hand any job growth from GM will be trivial in comparison.
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"When the housing market rebounds" is the key phrase here.
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I know, I know, unconvincing - what do you expect, some supe-rsized spaceship thing, job creator, that comes from the sky and drops jobs like paper leaflets?
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No, I expect investors, spenders, and a market for exchange, not just investors throwing good money after bad or playing high-risk games.
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Knowing that death is certain and that the time of death is uncertain, what's the most important thing?
—Bhikkhuni Pema Chödrön
Humankind cannot bear very much reality.
—From "Burnt Norton," Four Quartets (1936), T. S. Eliot
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