On 10/1/05 8:18 PM, "Doug Pensinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> If $9/hr isn¹t going to attract skilled labor, isn't the absence of a low > limit going to keep them away in droves? You may have to pay people more than the prevailing wage to get down there. DBA sets the wage in a locality. I just think it's weird that everybody thinks the wages will immediately plummet to $5.15. The market price has yet to be set. If restrictions in supply caused prices to go down, we wouldn't be paying $3 dollars a gallon now wouldn't we? > If contractors can get really cheap labor, by what mechanism do they pass > those savings on to the government? The government "saves" money by accepting the lowest bid. The contractor "saves" money by not getting the best people to do the work done right the first time. I have never "saved" money by using a cheap bid. That¹s why I usually get five bids so I can throw a couple out. I "save" money by getting my stuff done on time, and on budget. Most of the time by union labor might I add. > What the f**k is so great about Halliburton? Every time I turn around > they're being charged with ripping us off. Nothing really. They just have big toys and get to do big things that I have a hard time contemplating. Sometimes they make a lot of money and sometimes they lose it. They are the governmental contract equivalent of Wal-Mart. Nobody likes them either. Matthew _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
