From July until the end of December was one of the highest periods ever of increases for transportation projects. Labor costs are not an issue here - it's raw materials.

We're really happy to have the Scouts doing projects, ... We generally supply all the material and they supply the labor. We ask them to build to our specifications. These are projects we wouldn't be able to do because of the lack of manpower. The Scouts can add amenities that finish things off nicely.

When those projects started, the builders, the developers could not find the labor force. And as the word got out it traveled fast, and so people started coming. As people started coming, they said, 'Hey, there's a lot of work here,' and so that's what sort of triggered it.

Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.

Excellence in any department can be attained only by the labor of a lifetime; it is not to be purchased at a lesser price.

This is a crystal clear indication that the labor markets are very healthy and it reinforces the notion that the economy is growing in a healthy, sustainable way.