Quote Originally Posted by heftysmokes
I don't know who you've met in construction but before I went back to college I was a 3rd generation Ironworker, and most of the guys I worked with were pretty much family guys who owned homes, paid taxes, voted, and all that good stuff. They may have sucked down way too much beer but for the most part they were just regular guys who followed the rules like everybody else. I know there were guys who didn't pay taxes and claimed 8 dependants and all that shit but they were definitely in the minority.
Yeah, most of the guys I know doing construction jobs are young guys 18-25, no family or anything.