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Spending is $2,317.45 lower than this day last year. My contractor is running behind schedule due to the non-stop rain, so we're splitting up payment between now and September. He's happy because he gets some cash up front, and I'm happy because I get to spread out the impact a little.
I’m curious, why not just pay your contractor everything up front? Unless you obviously don’t have all the money together.
My employer is undergoing a major construction program with the city. It actually drew a little news coverage when it was first underway, and there’s billboards and signage about the permits with the city, and how many jobs it creates, all your standard faire corporate propaganda. Not too long after everything finally began and construction was hard at work, everything immediately ceased and they started protesting on the sidewalk, complete with signs of their own, an elaborate corporate dummy and some entertaining flair to it all. Word going around was that they aren’t getting paid. One of the guys I work with asked them what they were getting paid and I was pretty shocked. These guys (construction workers in the blazing heat, doing everything to commercial coding laws, etc.) are getting $20 an hour. That is insane to me. These guys are getting robbed blind.
I've had contractors in the past who lose motivation if they already have all the cash.
He also didn't want it all up front for reasons he didn't explain, but I'm not going to fight him on it.
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