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RedditStillSucks -4 points ago +1 / -5

Im not buying it. No offense but concrete companies dont just "collapse" overnight...and why would he be counting change? Seriously absolutely zero savings?

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scyenceFiction 4 points ago +4 / -0

Eh, I saw that happen to a lot of companies in the construction sector. 05-07 was booming and new construction starts everywhere. There weren't enough tradesmen and companies to feed the machine.

Good companies took most of what they had and invested it into their business.

They took out loans to fund expansion, major risk for major reward. Many using their houses as collateral. That's an awfully big nut every month when the entire industry shuts down overnight and there's nothing coming in.

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Peppers 4 points ago +4 / -0

They would when real estate dried up overnight. Houses just stopped being built. Companies gear up for large projects buying new equipment, contract is void as developers go insolvent. You're left with used equipment and a heavy tax bill and a few 25% contracts and no work. Happened to my father

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Haywood_Jablome 3 points ago +4 / -1

Running a company is expensive. A lot of guys in construction burned through their savings trying to weather the storm. Unfortunately, that storm was Obama and it lasted for years. That piece of shit commie destroyed many lives

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Haywood_Jablome 3 points ago +4 / -1

Also, you ‘finance’ a construction project with your labor, equipment, and material (that you buy on credit). When the buyers/developers/contractors go bust, your left holding the bag

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Specter 3 points ago +3 / -0

Yep that’s a tens of thousands of dollars a month in expenses and payroll. I don’t think that guy knows what he’s talking about

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EMP2024 1 point ago +2 / -1

Housing crisis

Concrete foundations

No new construction

Do the math

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tashnag_01 0 points ago +1 / -1

Yep. The reddit poster is probably an Antifa fag too.

Your username checks out, pede!