Suspending Davis-Bacon’s inflated wage requirements would not be an unprecedented move for the White House. In addition to making taxpayer-funded federal projects more costly, Davis-Bacon is a law whose creation was inspired by racist motives. Never more than 30 were black.”While the need to suspend Davis-Bacon for Hurricane Harvey cleanup efforts is urgent, permanent repeal of federal prevailing wage requirements should be the ultimate goal for President Trump and congressional Republicans. Over 30 states have state-level prevailing wage requirements similar to Davis-Bacon. In the first two months following prevailing wage repeal, West Virginia taxpayers saved $20 million, according to the Associated Builders and Contractors of West Virginia.

Source: Forbes August 29, 2017 21:56 UTC