Let’s be honest — if contractors ran this country, we’d have a whole lot less red tape, a lot more common sense, and probably a few more barbecues. While politicians debate, contractors get things done. They wake up at dawn, put in a hard day’s work, and fix problems you didn’t even know you had. So, what would happen if we handed the country over to them? Here are 10 things contractors would want to do to make America better, faster, and tougher than a galvanized steel beam on payday.
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1. Ban Useless Meetings
First order of business: meetings about meetings would be outlawed. If you can’t cover it in a five-minute jobsite huddle with a coffee in one hand and a bacon-egg-and-cheese in the other, it’s not worth having. Contractors believe in action, not conference calls with a dozen people who say, “Let’s circle back on this.”
New rule: if you call a meeting, you better be bringing donuts.
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2. Fix the Roads — All of Them
Nothing grinds a contractor’s gears like bad roads. Potholes are personal. If contractors ran America, every street would be smooth, level, and graded to perfection. And if you complain about a road closure during repaving, you’ll be handed a shovel and invited to help.
Bonus: Every completed road project comes with a neighborhood block party and a cornhole tournament.
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3. Replace Politicians with Foremen
No one knows how to handle a jobsite disaster better than a seasoned foreman. Forget career politicians — we need grizzled guys named Sal, Vinny, and Big Mike running Congress. These are men who’ve solved electrical fires, scaffold collapses, and six-month project delays with nothing but duct tape, a cooler full of Gatorade, and sheer grit.
At the State of the Union, they’d pass around cigars instead of applause.
4. Make Common Sense a Law
Some of the rules out there are so backward, a contractor wouldn’t follow them if you paid him double time. If contractors ran the show, we’d finally have a “Common Sense Code.” Any law, regulation, or policy would have to pass one simple test:
Does it make sense on a jobsite at 6:30 a.m.?
If the answer’s no, it’s gone.
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5. National Barbecue Fridays
Nothing brings people together like a good grill-out. Contractors know it. Every Friday at noon, America would down tools for National Barbecue Hour. No exceptions. Federal mandate. Even vegans get a grilled portobello cap and a handshake.
Extra points for whoever brings the best coleslaw.
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6. Reinvent the DMV
If you think a six-month lead time on a permit is bad, try renewing your driver’s license. Contractors would fix the DMV like they fix a busted HVAC system: tear out what doesn’t work and rebuild it properly. Under contractor management, the DMV would be a drive-thru. Get your new license with your coffee order.
License plates delivered on-site by 4:00 p.m. Or it’s free.
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7. Pay People for Actual Work
Contractors value a hard day’s work. No hiding in cubicles or “working from home” while binge-watching home improvement shows. If you dig, lift, haul, build, paint, weld, or fix something, you get a fat paycheck and a cold one at the end of the day.
Lazy paper-pushers? They’ll be retrained in drywall repair or demo work.
8. Simplify Taxes
Tax codes are so complicated even a master plumber can’t snake through them. Contractors would scrap the IRS’s 70,000-page rulebook and replace it with something you can fit on a napkin:
“If you made money, pay your fair share. If you didn’t, have a beer on us.”
And yes — tool deductions are 100% tax-free, no questions asked.
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9. Bring Back Skilled Trades to Schools
Why are we still teaching kids to play the recorder in 2025? Contractors would overhaul the education system, bringing back shop class, welding, masonry, HVAC training, and the fine art of yelling, “Hey, watch your head!”
Graduation requirements: build a shed, wire a light switch, and hang drywall without a single wobble.
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10. National Work Boot Day
Once a year, everyone — office workers, influencers, CEOs — would be required to lace up a pair of steel-toe boots and spend a day on a jobsite. It’s good for the soul, toughens you up, and makes you appreciate why your contractor’s bill comes with a premium.
Bonus points for the first executive to hit their thumb with a hammer and keep working.
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And When Those Contractors Need Insurance… They Call BGES Group
Here’s the deal — if you’re a contractor working anywhere in the Tri-State area (New York, New Jersey, Connecticut), you already know it’s a jungle out there. Between OSHA regulations, labor laws, workers’ comp audits, and the occasional rookie who drops a pipe wrench through a windshield, you need someone in your corner.
That’s where BGES Group comes in.
We’re not some faceless, big-box insurance agency that leaves you on hold for 45 minutes while transferring you to five different departments. We’re a mom-and-pop-style firm that actually picks up the phone — and we know construction insurance better than Sal knows scaffolding.
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What Does BGES Group Do?
• Specialized Workers’ Compensation Programs: Get coverage that makes sense for your business — and your payroll.
• General Liability, Umbrella & Commercial Auto: Because one accident on the Cross Bronx Expressway can cost you your shirt.
• Payroll Services through Applied Underwriters: Take a load off and let us handle it.
• Risk Management & Claims Handling: When things go sideways, we get involved — fast.
No red tape, no runarounds, and no suits who don’t know the difference between a finish nail and a drywall screw.
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Ready to Make Your Insurance Life Easier?
Call Gary Wallach at 914-806-5853
Email: bgesgroup@gmail.com
Visit: http://www.bgesgroup.com
We’ll treat you like family — the good kind, not the in-laws you avoid at Thanksgiving.
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Because if contractors ruled America, insurance would be handled like everything else: fast, fair, and with a handshake.