… continues to have discriminatory effects, its enforcement violates the Constitution’s guarantee of equal protection of the law. President‐elect Clinton and Labor Secretary‐designate Reich should therefore exercise their power of “executive review” and refuse to enforce Davis‐Bacon.
… Privatized highways, bridges, airports, and seaports are the wave of the future. A further reform would be to repeal the Davis-Bacon rules so that taxpayers get more bang for the buck on their infrastructure spending by not having to …
… wages. The new Social Security tax increased compensation costs. New minimum wage rules reduced demand for low-skilled workers. The Davis-Bacon Act required the payment of excessively high wages on federal contracts. Compulsory unionism and militant union tactics were …