Katrina Wets the Pants of Both Parties
In the unfortunate utterances department, Rep. Tom Feeney of Florida alluded to suspension of the Davis-Bacon Act by saying “Lots of people in Louisiana are willing to go to work tomorrow, and the market will set the wage.” So, Republican Tom apparently wants no-bid contractors to be able to skin the victims for wages.
But if Democrats think they’re going to get a lot of mileage out of the current mismanagement of hurricane Katrina, they’ve another think coming. This mess is a bipartisan disaster by every possible measurement. Witness the recent Transportation Bill, a cornucopia of small minded big plans to bring home the bacon in every congressional district.
It’s always been that way, Katrina just makes it a little more evident.
So now, each party quick to draw blood with their long-simmering agendas, the Republicans hope to
Permanently roll back the Davis-Bacon Act, written three quarters of a century ago to require federal contractors to pay prevailing wages
Increasing by a hundred-f…