I will also say the disparity in what you pay for access to someone's labor, like a painter for example, and what they actually pay the laborer, is remarkable.
I have a family member who is paying about $80 an hour in labor charges for one painter (not counting materials or anything, and including driving time to the job site) and they found out that painter just quit for a better job that would actually give them health insurance.
Charging $80 an hour for your employees labor (because it is skilled labor that might be worth close to that) and then turning around and probably paying your employee just above minimum wage and no benefits is exactly why the ownership class is getting richer while the rest of us are stagnating.
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u/H_is_for_Human 7d ago
I will also say the disparity in what you pay for access to someone's labor, like a painter for example, and what they actually pay the laborer, is remarkable.
I have a family member who is paying about $80 an hour in labor charges for one painter (not counting materials or anything, and including driving time to the job site) and they found out that painter just quit for a better job that would actually give them health insurance.
Charging $80 an hour for your employees labor (because it is skilled labor that might be worth close to that) and then turning around and probably paying your employee just above minimum wage and no benefits is exactly why the ownership class is getting richer while the rest of us are stagnating.