• tidderuuf@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    I said the same thing a few weeks ago and was bombarded about being a boomer and being the cause of these issues.

    Seeing your upvotes I’m hopeful people are starting to wake up and realize this isn’t a generations issue or an immigration issue or education issue. It’s a wealth and equity issue which will continue until people wake up and realize the billionaires of the world don’t want the 99.9% of us to have a fast track to middle class, they want us to stay low and keep fighting each other for scraps.

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      2 days ago

      That’s hilarious. Plumbers don’t even do clogged drains anymore in the US. You know who can afford the six figure Contender center consoles with mega horsepower? Landscapers.

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        2 days ago

        Only way I can get a plumber or electrician in my town to anything besides new construction / fresh install is to ask my friend who runs a 60 home caretaking / property management company for a recommendation.

        For plumbers they usually threaten to walk, unless you agree to let them just do a replacement for a new fixture (one was a 5 year old hot water tank…)

        The only difference is if I get their number through my friend, I get to tell them, "if you walk, ill tell < friend’s property management company> and they’ll lose your number, and tell all their buisness contacts to do the same.

        As someone working a trade, I hate to have to twist their arm, but its litterally the only way to get work done.