AWF Will Rate Sen. Vitter Amendment to Remove Davis-Bacon from Stimulus
AWF sent the following legislative alert to all Senate offices urging them to support Sen. Vitter's amendment to remove all Davis-Bacon government wage mandates from the massive spending Stimulus package.
AWF WILL RATE VITTER AMENDMENT TO REMOVE DAVIS-BACON FROM STIMULUS
Washington, D.C. – The Alliance for Worker Freedom (AWF) urges all Senators to vote YES on Sen. Vitter’s amendment to the Obama-Reid massive spending package.
Davis-Bacon forced wage requirements are the difference between building three schools or ten, fixing 2 roads or 30 roads. Don’t let out-dated government wage mandates keep our economy down any longer! Vote YES on Sen. Vitter’s amendment #179.
o Current Davis-Bacon wage surveys have a 100% error rate as identified by the Office of Inspector General.
o Davis-Bacon methods used inflate wages on average by 22 percent nation-wide.
o Current Davis-Bacon methods inflate construction costs by 9.91% leaving taxpayers the bill.
o Davis-Bacon wage rates raise public construction costs by $8.6 billion per year.
Enact true reform! Don’t continue to let the government and unions set the pay scale. Remove all Davis-Bacon provisions from the so-called Stimulus and vote “YES” on Vitter amendment #179
