He’d like to move into construction — siding, roofing, interior work — but the sector’s downturn has narrowed his options at the worst possible time.

That we have a housing crisis and a construction sector downturn and people wanting to work in it and struggling to find work tells you everything you need to know about the insanity of the profit-first economic system we have.

There is a widespread social need, there is infrastructure, and there are people ready to work to fulfill the need. The only hiccup seems to be that some ghoul can’t make enough of a buck out of it. This is market failure. The government should be stepping in, and hiring and training people to build non-market housing.

What a fucking waste capitalism is.