Copper thieves are everywhere including 100 feet up!!

I would caution you not to call in just anybody working up on a cell tower-many tower climbers do work from personal vehicles, just doing routine stuff like swapping the FAA beacon lightbulbs. I'm 100% against this, but I do have to say, it stimulates the economy. Rather than putting tower climbers at risk, it provides them work to go up and replace it all.
Just learned this morning a man who's like a dad to me is getting his house foreclosed upon. I can't seem to well up any sympathy for Bank of America or for that matter, Verizon or any other fat cat company today.
Their executives are getting millions regardless, and they'll screw you on your bill no matter what.
The bad part is stupid politicians overreacting and hurting legal scrappers like us with legal rigmarole. 99% of scrapping, and at least 90% of copper scrapping, is still legit. Just my 2 cents

Originally Posted by murt

Just learned this morning a man who's like a dad to me is getting his house foreclosed upon. I can't seem to well up any sympathy for Bank of America or for that matter, Verizon or any other fat cat company today.

Their executives are getting millions regardless, and they'll screw you on your bill no matter what.

You know, I'm very sorry to see anyone lose their home... but did B of A hold a gun to this guy's head? I'm sure good ol' B of A was a great bunch of guys the day they printed a big check so this man could have the American Dream... but now that he can't pay the bill they're a bunch of pricks that are supposed to eat the loss? Lack of personal responsibility is the reason the world is in the fix it's in.

By the way, your view on the work to fix the cell towers is flawed... it's called the "Broken Window Fallacy". Yes, it circulates money, but it doesn't stimulate the economy. It may put someone to work fixing the towers, but the money spent to do so comes from somewhere. It's money that would have otherwise been spent elsewhere putting someone else to work. CREATING something stimulates the economy. DESTROYING something never results in a net gain.