[Hoot Gibson]

How did construction do during the 80's? Don't lie, now. LOL

Why don't you post some facts to back up your claim that construction did poorly during Reagan's administration. Not an anecdotal account of how one man struggled to find work but some hard statistics that show how much better the construction industry had it under Carter than Reagan. It is a historical fact that interest rates, the inflation rate, fuel costs, and the unemployment rate were all much lower under Reagan than they were during the Carter years. It is hard to believe that the construction industry as a whole were worse off in a strong economy than they were during the years that popularized the "misery index."