Originally Posted by
kss
All my contractor and construction friends have been booked out solid for months, and are making money hand over fist. Like half the houses in my development are having work done on their house. When one door closes another opens, there are many industries that are doing better now than ever before. Some are not. But thats how shes goes sometimes. Things ebb and flow and stuff like restaurants (well ones that couldn't adapt, some of the take places by me are still super busy) and retail/travel industry have been crushed, other industries have been thriving like never before. In America, there is always opportunity, even now, and capitalism always finds a way to work.
That has more to do with economics K.
I was self employed in the carpentry trade for many years. The Dubya years were great for me. Those were the glory days however his economic policies overheated the economy and caused the crash of 07-08.
The Obama years were dark days. Not only were they not helping ... i felt that the dems were actively working against me. They don't like self employed people. I finally said the heck with it. There's a term called "Gone Galt". It's an important concept to understand for anyone who would seek to better themselves through independence and hard work.
Anyway ... Trump economics have been very good for the construction industry. I'm retired from the trade but the guys still in the game are doing very well.
That won't hold for very much longer.
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