CMV: Construction workers should get as much respect as veterans in this country (USA).

for context, I work in IT so definitely not construction.

That being said, I believe that if we had a culture of respect for people who actually BUILD infrastructure, our country might think about that infrastructure differently and there would probably be more of it and it would be better.

That aside, these are the people who are literally building our cities and our roads and all of the infrastructure that we use on a regular basis. The things that these people build allow us to be an economic powerhouse, much more so than an accountant or a salesman.

I just think the level of respect these guys get is disproportionate to the work that they do, and that goes for a ton of other fields as well (teachers, social workers, etc)