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To: zzpat who wrote (1030339)9/13/2017 11:35:32 AM
From: Wharf Rat  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1577465
 
"Why would Texas want higher wages and higher construction costs?"

To use higher taxes to build higher houses on their flood plains.

Cost of elevating/raising house in floodplain area (Houston .

Houston Mayor Wants Tax Increase to Help With Harvey Costs




To: zzpat who wrote (1030339)9/13/2017 9:09:17 PM
From: Brumar89  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 1577465
 
Lots of businesses want cheap labor and favor illegal immigration for sure. And that's the reason it's so uncontrolled.

Half of all construction workers in Texas are illegal

I'm sure the percent is just as high in California and New York. Trumpov built one of his buildings with illegal workers from Poland.


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