Reminder that 25% of the cost of construction is government regulation and taxes, at least.
Building a deck for a client in the city, we don't even have a permit yet and LOCAL regulations have resulted in ~5% increase in the cost of the build (planned for, but just a reminder that you don't hate bureaucracy and "what's one more regulation going to hurt" legislators enough.)
Now that we know -- with a high level of certainty -- that Drew DeVault is (at least one of) the author(s) of the "Stallman Report"... this comment from DeVault, yesterday, is particularly amusing:
"I've read most of the report" ... "the depth of this report is astonishing". 🤣