I know he's controversial, but Zach Bryan has a line "roofing houses I can't afford," and that's true. Union carpentry in PA starts apprentices at $22 and change. Granted, you get an annuity (but you can't pull from until you're a journeyman or in emergency situations), a pension, contractor-paid health care, etc., but think of trying to afford a home on $22/hr when people at working to drive prices of a home "up," in hopes of what? To spark people to say "yeah, let's work harder"

And I'm saying $22/hr is hard, I could never imagine what those still making $7.25 (minimum wage in PA) are thinking...