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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Inflation has caused things to cost more. I live in the same neighborhood as I did precovid and everything costs more, handyman, housekeeping, etc. [/quote]

This. You might be right, but please understand, costs for these kinds of house maintenance projects has absolutely skyrocketed.

I think a part of it is reduced immigration, particularly illegal immigration, which started under Trump but was maintained under Biden and, in the case of legal immigration/visas, further reduced due to the pandemic.

I live in a more blue collar neighborhood and trust that my eyes are also bulging with sticker shock. [/quote]

Illegal immigration has exploded under Biden to a staggering number. Millions. By contrast it was in the thousands under Turnip. I have to concede this point to the Republicans.

COVID was a shock to the employment market. There was a boom in demand for house maintenance projects while at the same time the labor force for maintenance projects fell sharply. Some of the contractors I worked with at the time said a lot of the workers were taking advantage of the free checks the government was sending out during COVID to the unemployed to stop working and when that happened, contractors had to raise their wages to keep other workers, which triggered a spike in cost of services.

Labor costs are much higher now.[/quote]

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