$500 per week will just barely cover my motel, diesel fuel and meals on the road. That has nothing to do with beer or drugs. I don't know where you have been working, but there is no way you can cover expences and make a profit on $500/week and if you are trying to do that, then you are why prices have been going down. There is nbothing wrong with a tradesman wanting to make a comfortable living for a job well done.
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