Slave Wages for Katrina Workers
Following reports of the government's No-Bid Contract scheme comes news that Bush issued an executive order last week allowing federal contractors rebuilding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina to pay below the prevailing wage.
One step closer to winning back the south and regaining our right to own slaves. Who's gonna make ma mint juleps?In a notice to Congress, Bush said the hurricane had caused "a national emergency" that permits him to take such action under the 1931 Davis-Bacon Act in ravaged areas of Alabama, Florida, Louisiana and Mississippi.
The Davis-Bacon law requires federal contractors to pay workers at least the prevailing wages in the area where the work is conducted. It applies to federally funded construction projects such as highways and bridges.
Bush's executive order suspends the requirements of the Davis-Bacon law for designated areas hit by the storm.
"The administration is using the devastation of Hurricane Katrina to cut the wages of people desperately trying to rebuild their lives and their communities," Rep. George Miller of California said. "President Bush should immediately realize the colossal mistake he has made in signing this order and rescind it and ensure that America puts its people back to work in the wake of Katrina at wages that will get them and their families back on their feet."
posted by BrooklynKat at 11:04 AM
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2 Comments:
Frickin' A. Leave it to Beavis to do something dickish again to remind us how much he hates the poor. Why is it acceptable to pay people less in such circumstances? Are the usual government contractors getting less than their usual fees to rebuild?
I don't think slaves earned wages.
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