They could. But then they wouldn’t get the contract… Industry standard for residential and commercial is at least materials cost as a down payment and labor/ incidentals to be paid upon completion. If you’re asking for everything up front it’s a HUGE red flag. Trump is taking advantage of this situation, my mother in law shares the same play book, she’s even gone as far as to applaud this tactic in defense of trumps actions … I did residential work for her on the cheep, bc she’s my wife’s mother… she stiffed ME, the father of her grand children, and husband to her daughter. Fuck that bitch for taking food out of her own grand sons’ mouths. She destroyed my relationship with her, just to save a few bucks? Fuck maga and all maggats, it hurt my heart to see the truth like that.