Except that's not reality, because the wage for most bricklayers in the US is $10-12 higher than the call center job.
A byproduct is the drop in wages in the bricklayer job, as the call center workers that were fired are now fighting for the bricklayer jobs.
The difference is nowhere near as stark in the UK, and for society a reduction in the cost of building houses or infrastructure is good.
Also, let's not forget an underlying pillar of society; real-estate must never decrease in value. That doesn't really fit with the theory that we're going to build a lot of real-estate.