They would rather -- I think, they would rather hire someone of young or maybe out of college for a lot less money as opposed to hiring people like -- such as ourselves.

CNN: Transcript of June 'CNN Money Summit: Money & Main St.'

Because labor costs are relatively low, many homeowners would rather hire someone to do the work than do it themselves.

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What Mr Meckler meant was that Mr Kingston impressed him as someone who would trim the budget rather than use his position to dole out pork.

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