I received another labour price increase contained in an estimate for an upcoming job. I’m not exactly sure the source of the increase, just the amount, which is 50%. Is this routine inflation, or the additive sum of a bunch of years where there was no labour change at all. How much of the labour change is passed onto the guys vs retained by the owner? A lot of questions but few answers. Is there a substitute or a different contractor I could use? Perhaps, but my loyalty to certain trades is very deep, into its second decade. The root of our problems in society appears to lie with the financial system and credit explosion of money creation by the banksters. Each person has to make a conscious decision to be victimized by the bad actors in the financial system or to attempt to work it to their advantage, which is what I do. 2022 does seem to be the time when the past decade of bad governance is really hitting home.