"Today's majority skill pool works out of a trayback one tonner or ute and flogs itself into poverty over time due to fatigue, largesse, financial mismanagement, delinquent debors and burnout. There's no time for upskilling."
Worth repeating. I think it was round about the 1980s-90s that skilled tradesmen were turned into employees of their own companies, instead of the building etc companies that previously employed them. I also think this has probably had a bad impact on many trades.
