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To: Eleutheria5

I have heard in parts of Mexico, an army of men with shovels will be used on new construction instead of earth moving equipment. Supposedly that is cheaper.


3 posted on 05/08/2024 2:28:10 PM PDT by Dr. Sivana
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To: Dr. Sivana

No cure for stupid.


5 posted on 05/08/2024 2:32:43 PM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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Going back to the days of the Luddites.


20 posted on 05/08/2024 3:14:48 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( Government is not reason, it is not eloquence-it is force!--G. Washington)
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To: Dr. Sivana

By that logic they should use spoons to dig with instead of shovels, it would be even cheaper.

Paraphrasing the great Milton Freidman.


25 posted on 05/08/2024 5:06:31 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Dr. Sivana

Same in Nicaragua. Laborers are used to dig trenches for phone and fiber-optic cables as they are cheaper than fast trenching machines like Ditch Witch or Vermeer......

We’d pass miles of hundreds of laborers, one every 10’ or so, digging by hand with shovels......


27 posted on 05/09/2024 5:05:54 AM PDT by Arlis
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To: Dr. Sivana
I have heard in parts of Mexico, an army of men with shovels will be used on new construction instead of earth moving equipment. Supposedly that is cheaper.

And keeps them busy, provides a paycheck and makes them too tired to commit crimes after work.

29 posted on 05/09/2024 10:59:03 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Finish the damned WALL! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH!)
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