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2 Responses to Timeline of Tardiness: Washington’s budget process revealed

  1. Palmer Gillis says:
    February 10, 2011 at 1:02 pm

    Has any one considered repeal of the Davis-Bacon requirements which deters competition, requires open shop contractors to pay union wages( in juridictions that have no unions), has wage scales that in some cases pay unskilled workers twice the rate of skilled workers and increases public works projects by 15% to 20%.

    Why is this never discussed

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  2. David Cordray says:
    February 10, 2011 at 8:02 pm

    Probably not and they do not care

    Reply

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