Barack Bin Laden (Kennedy's words not mine) Wants Illegals To Get Pervailing Wage But Not You!

Not that I think prevailing wage is a good idea. In Fact I think in a free market economy, wages should find their own level. Besides, who will dictate what is a fair prevailing wage? The UN? You know with libbies that is in the cards.



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The bill extends Davis-Bacon "prevailing wage" provisions — typically the area's union wage that applies only to construction on federal projects under current law — to all occupations (e.g. roofers, carpenters, electricians, etc.) covered by Davis-Bacon. So guest workers (but not citizen workers) must be paid Davis-Bacon wage rates for jobs in the private sector if their occupation is covered by Davis-Bacon. Presumably because Senate Democrats' union bosses thought this provision too modest, an amendment by Senator Barack Obama, approved by voice vote, extended Davis-Bacon wages rates to all private work performed by guest workers, even if their occupations are not covered by Davis-Bacon.

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