Barack Obama has signed Democrat-proposed legislation, aimed at appeasing labor unions, that will place 25,000 U.S. construction companies at risk.
This outrage was done at the bidding of labor union bosses who contributed mega-bucks to the Obama campaign.
The legislation prohibits government contracts from being awarded to companies that are not 'unionized.' And thus, Barack Obama and the Democrats are discriminating against multi-thousands of American construction workers that do not belong to labor unions.
And the taxpayers once again get screwed.
If government contracts are awarded only to unionized companies that are significantly more expensive due to their union contracts than non-union companies, this means the taxpayers are going to be paying out the wazoo just because of a vendetta Obama has against non-union workers.
Thus, the idiot-in-chief strikes again. And let's not forget the idiots who support him both in Congress and in the electorate.
Monday, February 09, 2009
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I hope Obama will change the world !
Obama is not a hero, its just a man !
And this policy comes as a surprise to anyone?
Not surprising, just infuriating...
The Davis-Bacon Act required all federal construction projects to honor the "prevailing wage" of the area. This has been the law of the land since FDR. The prevailing wage has traditionally been that wage established by the unions in the area.
This is not new. Nor is it all bad. I was Project Engineer on an Alabama project at NASA where the local unions did not submit the forms that established the prevailing wage. Meaning we could hire off the street at wages of our choosing.
We still hired union contractors, mostly and others that paid union relative wages. When asked why by NASA I replied "This is a hard money contract. We can't afford to pay for it three times for the price of the bid. We simply can't afford to build it once, tear it down, and build it right."
Construction unions are a different breed than others and are for the most part the repository of the best craftsmen.
Oh, by the way, NASA was so pleased with my performance that I was offered permanent employment with them. Lack of a college degree could not be overcome however, despite the fact that I was the best.
But then again the best pilot in the world was not allowed in the space program for the same reason.
So I was in good company.
However, I am against laws that prohibit non-union contractors from bidding and being awarded contracts. I do believe they should pay the prevailing wage of the area.
Otherwise, you end up with veritable slaves from outside the area working for starvation wages and any monies they manage to save leaving the area. Does absolutely nothing for the local economy except exacerbate the local jobless rate and economic downturn. While at the same time doing little or nothing for the workers who actually do get to do the work.
Think Mexican migrant workers in other areas of the economy. Nobody benefits.
"However, I am against laws that prohibit non-union contractors from bidding and being awarded contracts."
Well, this is my point. I am against such laws as well.
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