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September 1, 2009
Obama's stealthy, disgraceful, and alarming "union only" order
Topics: Political News and commentariesIt's nothing less than sneaky, alarming, disgraceful, appallingly blatent, Chicago-style pay for play, payback to unions for their support during his campaign, it will cost taxpayers additional billions of dollars, and it will mean that 8 out of 10 construction workers in America will be legally denied the right to work on federal building projects.
Erick Erickson has the details at Redstate:
Barack Obama and his administration are about to significantly drive up the costs of federal building construction. This is an astonishing reach. The Office of Management and Budget has directed that any federal construction over $25 million benefit unions.As though this isn't bad enough, it gets even more disgusting:
The order would make all federal construction projects 10-20% more expensive by requiring all contractors to either use union workers or apply inefficient union apprenticeship and work rules to their employees. Contractors would also be required to make contributions to union pension funds and other union programs that non-union workers will never benefit from.Erick has more...
What does Obama care about paying the unions for their "play" of givning millions to his campaign, it's not his concern. After all, it's "our" money, not his. As for shutting 80% of construction workers out of federal projects, he could care less - he has a job (unfortunately, the wrong job).
Posted by Richard at September 1, 2009 7:57 AM
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