After the 86 “Tax Simplification Act” the construction business was destroyed and by 89 the illegals moved into commercial and by 92 I was losing so much that I shut down the business that was 57 years old.
Not only did commercial building cease but almost every contractor I knew closed up by 92.
I should have shut down in 90 but it was awful hard to close a 57 year old business and plowed over a quarter million in savings back into it hoping it would turn around.